With help from the people of East Lammermuir we are able to display our plans for the community wind turbine in the villages around East Lammermuir.
Wed 5th Dec – Friday 7th December – Innerwick Village Hall
Friday 7th Dec Oldhamstocks Village Hall
Saturday 8th December – Stenton Village Hall – postponed
More dates to follow…
We hope that it helps people understand our idea. It would appear that some people still think this is a private development so we thought we would explain a few things :-
Which community ? – the community that 
would benefit from the community wind turbine money is Ward 7. This is the electoral ward covered by our three councillors, four community councils and Sustaining Dunbar.
How do we benefit?
The community wind turbine will make money be selling electricity and making “green” electricity. All the money is then placed into a grant fund. Local people and projects can apply to the grant fund to finance ideas that support the local economy in the areas of Food, Energy, Transport, Health, Enterprise, Skills and Education.
Why are we doing it?
Money is getting tight and jobs are being lost. By developing community energy we can make sure that some of the money we lose through our electricity bills comes back to be spent in our local community. Estimated £4 million over 20 years.
What happens next?
This project may not happen without local support. The people of the community need to tell the planning department that they support the idea.