Turncole Wind Farm provides a Community Benefit Fund of £35,000 per year, index linked, to support local social and environmental projects. The Community Benefit Fund is part of a community benefits package totalling £87,500 per year. The first payment was made in 2017.

The fund is managed by Essex Community Foundation and decisions about where the money is spent are made by a Fund Panel of local people. 

For more information please contact the grants team on 01245 355947 or grants@essexcf.org.uk, or visit Essex Community Foundation.

The Local Electricity Discount Scheme (LEDS) offers residential, commercial and community properties closest to Turncole Wind Farm an annual discount off their electricity bill.

LEDS at Turncole was launched in 2017 and offers properties within 2.5km of the turbines an annual discount of £153 (index-linked), which is paid direct to their electricity supplier. Eligible properties have been contacted directly with details of how to apply for LEDS and first payments were made in late 2017 once turncole Wind Farm was fully operational.

Together with the Community Benefit Fund, LEDS brings the community benefits package at Turncole Wind Farm to £87,500 per year.

Further details about LEDS can be found here.

During pre-construction consultation, it became clear that the local community had been concerned for some time about the safety of people crossing Church Road near Ormiston Rivers Academy in Burnham-on-Crouch.

RES explored these concerns with Essex County Council and agreed to donate up to £45,000 towards the cost of delivering a pedestrian crossing, as an additional benefit to the community.

In March 2017 RES and Essex County Council formally agreed to the works. The crossing has since been installed and is now in operation.