Community benefits
Find out how Lethans Wind Farm will bring investment, jobs, and a yearly benefit fund to the local area.
How Lethans Wind Farm benefits the local community
Lethans Wind Farm will provide the local community with a range of benefits including:
- £15 million into a local community benefit fund over the 30 year lifespan of the wind farm
- £7m contribution to East Ayrshire Council’s Renewable Energy Fund
- £1.3m skills and training fund for the first five years, which could support up to 440 local unemployed people get into work and/or training
- An option to purchase up to 5% equity stake in the wind farm, at a 25% community discount rate
- A £250,000 contribution towards a site access strategy to be developed in consultation with East Ayrshire Council
- £38m business rates contribution over the lifetime of the site
Supporting local businesses
As part of our commitment to local businesses, wherever possible, we invite local suppliers to tender for work on our projects.
The sourcing of local plant, materials and labour throughout the construction of the wind farm will create business and job opportunities for local companies. The potential also exists for the awarding of local contracts for the turbine tower elements. During construction of the nearby Kype Muir Wind Farm, over 80% of the contracts were sourced locally.
If you’d like your company to get involved, we’d like to hear from you, get in touch using the form below.