Share offer launched to secure community ownership of solar farm near Whitchurch
A second share offer is being launched to secure community ownership of a solar farm in north Shropshire.
The event, for the Twemlows solar farm at Prees Heath near Whitchurch, is being officially launched at the Festival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton, from 10am to 1pm this Friday (June 6).
Shropshire and Telford Community Energy (STCE) took ownership of the solar farm in December 2023.
It has already funded numerous community projects, distributing some £66,000 in community benefit fund grants.
Surplus funds from the Twemlows solar farm at Prees Heath are expected to generate some £3 million to fund projects across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
A statement from STCE said: "The share offer will enable the public who care about climate change to put their money to work to tackle the issue directly, earn a fair return on their investment, and greatly increase the solar farm’s delivery of community benefit funds to local projects. The investment enables STCE to pay off some of its loans, strengthening its ownership of the solar farm."
