Community wind farm sets up Hebridean Pandemic Response Fund

BusinessGreen staff
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Point and Sandwick Trust, owners of the UK's largest publicly-owned wind farm, assigns funds to 'support the community effort we are going to need to get through the pandemic'

The UK's largest community-owned wind farm has announced immediate plans to use the funding it generates to support the coronavirus pandemic response on the Scottish Western Isles. The community-owned...

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