RWE is committed to supporting the communities that neighbour our wind farms. In 2024 alone we invested more than £6.1 million into the communities that surround our renewable energy projects.
Enoch Hill Wind Farm, once operational, will bring with it an annual community fund worth £350,000 per year, index linked, for the operational lifetime of the wind farm.
Community Consultation Results
We have a strong track record of engaging local communities in the process of deciding how each fund should be structured and administered. In the autumn/winter of 2024/2025 RWE undertook a consultation to give local people the opportunity to share their views and to shape the community fund associated with Enoch Hill Wind Farm. To read a summary of the feedback RWE received, please click here.
Next Steps
RWE’s Community Investment Team is working hard to identify the best fit fund administrator for the Enoch Hill Wind Farm Fund. While these discussions continue, we’ve outlined the key principles that we’re committed to incorporating into the fund’s structure to ensure it delivers maximum benefit to the community:
Key Principles for the Fund’s Structure:
- Alignment with Best Practice: The fund will be delivered in line with the Scottish Government’s Good Practice Principles, ensuring transparency and fairness.
- Community Voices at the Core: The structure will consider the insights and feedback we’ve received from local stakeholders, including those expressed during this consultation process.
- High Standards of Delivery: Decisions will be community-led by a cross section of the community, empowering residents to direct funding to maximise impact. Those living closest to the wind farm will see and feel significant benefits. The fund will adhere to strict governance and compliance requirements to ensure it is managed responsibly.
- Opportunities for Collaboration: RWE is open to exploring collaborative approaches to coordinate community benefit funds with developers and the local communities of neighbouring developments with common or overlapping areas of benefit. We’ve successfully adopted this approach in other areas and are keen to apply it here where appropriate.
Looking Ahead
The first payment from the Enoch Hill Wind Farm Fund will be made available when the wind farm is fully operational, currently anticipated to be December 2025. Once the administration arrangements have been finalised, and the fund launch timeline is confirmed, RWE will publish details here. In the meantime, if you have any further questions, you can contact our community investment team:
