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A community owned wind turbine has helped to pay for insulation on village homes, saving them £600 a year on energy bills.
Half of the 330 homes in Fintry in Scotland, have benefitted from the insulation project funded by a wind turbine owned by the community and erected in a nearby wind farm.
Electricity generated by the wind turbine, which is administered by the Fintry Development Trust, is sold to the national grid with earnings used to pay for the installation and administration with the remainder used for energy projects in the village.
The insulation programme has resulted in lowering the energy consumption of the community, reports the Herald.
It has gone from using 13,000 megawatt hours (MWh) a year to 10,000MWh, in the process saving homes £600 on their energy bills.
The trust is also looking at ways of bringing low-carbon heating to the village, which is not connected to the gas grid.
Gordon Cowtan of the trust told the newspaper: "We're looking at low carbon forms, whether it's wood pellet-fuelled boilers or ground source heat pumps. There are grants available for these, but the capital costs are typically still £6000-£10,000, which is usually too much for people."
Grants for domestic renewables are available as part of the government's Low Carbon Buildings Programme.
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