Seventy local community projects in East Ayrshire have been awarded funding by 9CCG thanks to a £628,000 donation from Brockwell Energy’s North Kyle windfarm site

9CCG is pleased to announce it has secured a £628,000 first instalment of “boost funding” from Brockwell Energy’s North Kyle windfarm site.

The newly established 9CC Group met with Gillian Martin, Minister for Energy and the Environment at Holyrood this week. Following the success of their official business introduction at Dumfries House in October which was attended by over 180 guests, the group headed to the Scottish Parliament to provide the minister a brief on how the group was formed, it operates and its ambitious plans for the future. The event, attended by over 180 guests saw the much anticipated launch of the Group, which has been in the works since 2019.

Invenergy, the company bringing forward the Pencloe Wind Farm project in East Ayrshire, have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with the 9CC Group in East Ayrshire for the distribution and management of Community Benefit Funds released from the project once it is operational.

The 9CC Group officially launched at Dumfries House on 27 October 2023, with an amazing turn out of over 150 guests from the 9 communities.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed Friday 23rd June between Knockkippen Wind Farm Ltd and a local community trust, that could see an annual community benefit fund of up to the equivalent of £300,000, should the project be consented.

An application for a wind farm and battery storage facility on land west of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire has been granted consent by Scottish Ministers.

An Innovative community council group is continuing its impressive local benefit work after receiving major funding from a nearby onshore wind farm.

Originated by Brockwell Energy in 2016 as a means of stimulating restoration of the derelict former mining site, North Kyle should also help fund regeneration in the communities surrounding the complex.