SSE Airtricity presents €6,000 to community projects in the vicinity of its Corneen Wind Farm

SSE Airtricity has presented over €6,000 in Community Funding for two community groups in the vicinity of the Corneen Wind Farm in County Cavan. The presentation of the 2013 Community Funding Awards took place at the Templeport Resource Centre, Ballyconnell, County Cavan.

Since 2002, €56,000 has been paid out from the Corneen Community Funds towards local energy efficiency and sustainability projects around the wind farm.  This year’s presentation brings the total wind farm community fund investment into local groups and organisations in County Cavan to more than €62,000.

This year groups being supported from the Corneen Community Funds include Bawnboy Workhouse Ltd and the Templeport Development Association. Local projects being supported include funding for solar panel and solar charging units.

Anne Reynolds, SSE Airtricity Community Development Officer, commented:

“We’re delighted at SSE Airtricity to be presenting Community Fund from our Corneen wind farm.  At SSE Airtricity we believe it’s important that communities should see the ongoing benefit of community funding from the wind farms that they are hosting in the region, so we’re extremely pleased to be presenting €6,000 in funding from our Corneen wind farm for two forward-thinking and innovative local projects.

“By helping communities each year to make major strides towards reducing their energy consumption, cutting their energy costs and lowering their carbon footprint we can not only help communities to become greener and more sustainable but we can also demonstrate the real benefits that communities can realise by living and working in areas with a strong renewable energy resource. In this way we can all see the full potential of renewable energy for local communities, the economy and wider society.”

Dymphna Headen, commenting on behalf of theBawnboy Workhouse Ltd Templeport Resource Centre said:

“Bawnboy Workhouse Ltd has benefitted greatly this year from support from the SSE Airtricity Community Fund. The investment we have received will go towards installing new solar panel units for our recently repaired workhouse building.”