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BREEZING INTO CORNWALL & DEVON


Windcrop, the UK’s largest installer of small-scale wind turbines, has opened an office in Saltash.


NEW OPTIONS


The move will bring new options for forward-thinking farmers and landowners seeking free renewable energy and investment opportunities as well as creating up to 30 new jobs.


In both an environmental and economic investment opportunity, the company can now sell and install a turbine for an investment of £20,000, with a unique buy- back guarantee if the turbine does not achieve the minimum energy generation after five years.


FURTHER ADVANTAGES


Windcrop also offers further advantages for its customers with a complete energy service: site assessors provide a full cost analysis showing potential savings and return on investment, they take the stress out of applying for planning by managing it all in-house and they install, service and maintain the turbines, offering a choice of service plans.


LOCAL EMPLOYMENT


General Manager, John Ainsworth, expects the firm to be employing 30 local people by the end of the year within their site assessment, planning and installation teams.


HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE Since 2009, Windcrop has already installed more than 500 turbines throughout East Anglia and Yorkshire and with Devon and Cornwall’s status as two of the windiest counties in Europe, the company has naturally extended its reach to the South West.


Windcrop was founded by former Lotus Engineering Commercial Director John Moore in 2010 to make small-scale renewable energy more accessible. It earned its reputation by providing fully-funded turbines with no capital investment required by the customer and a guaranteed warranty for the 20 year contract.


Each turbine saves landowners an average of £500 a year and Windcrop makes its own return on investment through the Government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) – a financial incentive to encourage the uptake of small scale renewable energy.


NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR CUSTOMERS Coinciding with its expansion, Windcrop has also introduced a new opportunity for customers with the capital available to buy their own turbine and earn an annual, tax- free income through the FiT.


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John said: “Windcrop’s system means that we can get our applications through the planning system quicker, with a high rate of success. The team is from the local area and we’re really looking forward to working with farmers, smallholders and other landowners who now have this new option to either buy a turbine as an investment and benefit from free electricity and payments from the Feed-in-Tariff or have a free wind turbine installed and take advantage of the free electricity generated by the turbine for 20 years.


“Our small wind turbines are specially designed to provide the least amount of concern in the planning process and Windcrop has an in-house planning team who manage this part of the job for our customers. We then take care of the entire installation process, as well as the maintenance over the 20 year contract period, making it easy and immediately beneficial for customers in the South West.”


FEED IN TARIFF


For those who opt to purchase a Windcrop turbine for £20,000, reduced electricity bills are backed-up with a return from the Government’s Feed in Tariff,


John said: “As we continue to expand across the UK we are looking to reach even more forward-thinking farmers and landowners who are interested in using a small piece of unproductive land to generate free electricity. The South West is already renowned for its pioneering attitude with regard to green energy and we can now provide an easy, and swift, solution for people looking to utilise their land in this way.”


which rewards producers of renewable energy for their contribution to the National Grid. the latter are expected to recoup their investment fully within 4-6 years.


MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Windcrop’s small wind turbine also features a patented design which has minimum impact on the environment; the small masts are mounted onto a unique piling system, avoiding the need for onsite heavy plant or concrete.


John Moore, said the firm was looking forward to working with the increasing number of Cornish and Devonian farmers and landowners interested in investing in, and benefiting from, renewable energy.


John Moore


John added: “Ultimately we will play a key part in helping to meet the Government target of generating 15 per cent of all the UK’s energy from renewable by 2020.”


COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Windcrop will be working at the heart of the farming community attending agricultural shows across the South West this summer. The company will also be contributing to the renewable energy debate including hosting an open round- table discussion at the Renewable Energy Exchange at Kingsley Village, Fraddon.


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