Our Aims
Our aim is to provide an opportunity for the people of Mid Devon to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and to make a significant contribution to tackling climate change for the sake of future generations.
We aim to provide substantial funds for community projects over a 20 year period, from the sale of electricity.
We also aim to provide cheaper electricity to households and businesses if the Local Electricity Bill is passed through Parliament in 2021, whereby small generating companies would be able to sell to local people at a lower rate than the major providers.
And to provide a safe, green, ethical, investment opportunity for local people with a projected return above the market average.
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Financial Section
So far we have received two grants from the West of England Combined Authority under the rural community Energy Fund (RCEF) and Devon County Council’s community Energy fund(CEF). We acknowledge with gratitude these two funds and the substantial amount of work our community made to successfully obtain these funds. We are extremely grateful for both RCEF and CEF for their flexibility and support to ensure the funds worked together to get us where we are now.
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The Founding Directors
The directors all act in a voluntary, unpaid, capacity and have to abide by the Rules. The directors are of John Chater, who has experience leading a wind turbine project, Steve Batt a former senior regeneration officer within the Economy and European Office at Devon County Council, David Parker who bring experience of management, financial administration and an understanding of legal issues and finally Dave Harris a FCCA qualified finance professional.
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Carbon Footprints
A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organisation, service, place or product, expressed as a carbon dioxide equivalent. For example when we light a gas fire carbon dioxide is given off into the atmosphere; a car emits carbon dioxide as it is driven. There are other greenhouse gas emissions such as methane from agriculture.
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Our aim as a group of local residents is to produce clean, locally produced energy and help combat climate change. Our first project is to erect a community-owned wind turbine in the heart of Mid Devon is still at the next stage of planning.
One area was chosen as it is the nearest site to a connecting substation (to take the power generated) and Mid Devon District Council has, in its previous local plan, identified the area as a place suitable for wind power to be generated.
We surveyed residents in 2021 and obtained positive feedback and results. This encouraged us to apply for funding to develop the wind turbine. We were pleased to be awarded first-stage feasibility funds from the Devon County Council Community Energy Fund (CEF) and the West of England Combined Authority Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF).
We are now registered as a Community Benefit Society – Heart of Devon Community Energy Limited.
