UK's first consumer-owned wind farm secures green light and fresh funding

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The Graig Fatha wind farm will be owned by an initial 675 households who have signed up to Ripple Energy's platform

The UK's first ever consumer-owned wind farm is set to be built in Coedely, south Wales, after owner Ripple Energy announced it has received £1.1m in Welsh government funding in support of the project....

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