Project

Ekopia -- FIndhorn Wind Park
The Findhorn wind park project has enabled Findhorn to produce all our electricity needs and become a net exporter to the grid.

The wind park project has enabled us to produce all our electricity needs and become a net exporter to the grid.

The Community operated a Wind Park division, incorporating a 75kW windmill, from 1989 to 2006. It traded successfully and this turbine generated nearly 1.5M units of electricity, and saved 2,000 tons of CO2 emissions.

The next stage for this project was the 2002 creation of a new company called Findhorn Wind Park Ltd. This raised £600,000 and erected three additional turbines, and the project now has a total installed capacity of 750KW. These new turbines came into operation in March 2006 and were a major step toward self-sufficiency in renewable energy for the Ecovillage.

We hope this will pave the way for innovative future developments such as hydrogen or electric powered vehicles.