Creating Projects that are Good for Local Communities
We aim to design a responsible project that will positively benefit our neighbours. We do this through managing the design and development in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders for results supported by both.
Our engagement objectives range from building relationships and trust, to creating an environment around our developments where we will be openly and warmly welcomed back in the future by stakeholders and communities alike.
What is a Community Benefit Fund? And how does it work?
Ballinagree Wind Farm will have a Community Benefit Fund attached. These funds are established and managed to benefit the local community in the areas of;
Recreation
Health and Wellbeing
Culture and Heritage
Environmental Sustainability
Tourism
The fund is available to community and voluntary groups, non-profit groups or organisations with a charitable status.
FuturEnergy Ireland and Ørsted energy projects have consistently provided a Community Benefit Fund (CBF), whether we have had governmental support or have been financed via other means. However, a CBF now forms part of the Government’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). It is a requirement of any development under the scheme to provide a fund that will benefit the local community.
