Boyndie Wind Farm assisting community through coronavirus fund

The owner of Boyndie Wind Farm has announced a fund for the communities around its wind farms to help alleviate the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Falck Renewables is donating £10,000 to Whitehills and District Community Council to assist locally.

In total £180,000 will be shared between the community benefit trusts which administer funds from the firm's 12 wind farms in Scotland, England and Wales.

Managing director of Falck Renewables UK Richard Dibley said: “We have a close relationship with the communities around our wind farms and their response to the current challenging situation has been as pro-active and heartwarming as we would have expected.

"They are already involved in helping the people and organisations in their area who need it most and we were keen to support them.”

The UK fund is part of Falck Renewables’ global support for communities around its wind and solar plants in Italy, UK, France, Spain, and the US.

Falck Renewables is also supporting research on Covid-19 therapeutic solutions carried out by the University of Milan and the Sacco Hospital in the city.

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