Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy‘s annual report celebrates another great year. Wildlife is thriving on WWCE’s solar farms, thanks to collaboration the Wildlife Trust. Capital refinancing, good asset management and high energy prices have all had positively impacted cashflows to the benefit of the community fund and WWCE’s members. WWCE has used surplus funds to support brilliant community projects in Wiltshire including: getting young carers river dipping and shelter building; a reptile bog at a primary school in Trowbridge; improving cycling in Chippenham; and, toad patrols in Warminster. WWCE’s energy cafes have helped people really struggling with their bills and WWCE is working on new community solar projects including 500kW roof-top array to help power a special needs school near Devizes.
Set up in 2013, Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy (WWCE) is a not for profit community benefit society which develops community-owned renewable energy projects that reduce carbon emissions and create more wildlife in Wiltshire. WWCE owns two megawatt-scale solar farms (one of which is on Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Land) and has funded solar panels on a number of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust buildings. Through collaboration with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, WWCE’s solar farms have become a haven for wildlife. Surplus income generated by the solar farms is used to support community-led carbon reduction and wildlife projects in Wiltshire and to support households struggling with fuel poverty. WWCE’s solar farms are financed through a combination of community shares and ethical bank loans.
WWCE is governed by a board of volunteer directors and professionally managed by CfR CIC.