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Earthmill offers crowdfunding opportunity to share in wind turbine returns

PW ReportersBy PW ReportersJune 30, 20143 Mins Read
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An increasing demand for green energy is enabling investors to profit from wind turbines on farms across the north of England. Turbine specialist Earthmill has opened the UK’s first crowd-funded investment aimed at farm-scale turbines, through which individuals can invest in turbine installations already operating on farms across the north.

The fund, which guarantees investors returns of 7.25% per annum over three years, has been launched by renewable energy crowd-funding platform Trillion Fund. The minimum investment is £50 and Earthmill’s initial target is to raise £1.25 illionm. Loans will be secured against five already operational farm turbines across Yorkshire.

The managing director of Yorkshire-based Earthmill, Steve Milner, said not everyone had the land or the opportunity to build their own wind turbine.

“We’re offering the UK’s first farm-scale turbine investment fund, which enables thousands of new investors to share in the benefits of energy generation,” he added. “Our partnership with UK turbine manufacturer Endurance makes this creative approach to funding possible. We anticipate rolling this investment model out to a further 20 turbines situated on farms across the country – which will generate enough electricity to power more than 900 homes – in the coming 12 months.

“Individual small scale turbines on farms are becoming increasingly popular, because producing energy at the same place as it is required is extremely efficient and directly supports UK farming.”

Previously, investors who wanted to enter the wind turbine market needed land suitable for their own turbines, and required between £250,000 to £600,000 of funding to buy and install a turbine. The new fund opens up the renewables market and enables private investors to share in some of the returns the small-scale turbines promise to deliver as energy costs rise.

“We are seeing a shift in perception in the UK as people realise that less imposing smaller scale turbines, usually on farms are starting to make a real impact on the UK’s generation mix,” Earthmill operations director Mark Woodward said. “The UK has a looming shortfall in power generation, which can’t be met by new power stations alone.

“As the technology has evolved during recent years, the price of power has continued rising and the rewards for generating wind power have grown. We are seeing many landowners join the ranks of energy producers. The new fund opens the market up for investment by anyone, and communities can also get involved, sharing in the stable returns renewables offer to investors.”

Further details on the fund, and details of how the investments work, can be found at: www.trillionfund.com.

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