AWEL AMAN TAWE

Awel Aman Tawe (AAT) is a community energy charity which has been operating for 21 years. Our prime drivers are tackling climate change, job creation, retaining wealth in the Welsh economy and engaging people in energy. We have a strong reputation for delivery of education, arts and engagement. We have set up two coops and currently use Egni as our main website:•Awel Co-op, is a 4.7MW community wind farm which was commissioned in Jan 2017. It was funded by a £5.25m loan from Triodos Bank and a £3m community share offer. The annual turnover is £1.2m. www.awel.coop•Egni Co-op develops rooftop solar on schools, businesses and community buildings. It has installed 4.4MWp on 88 sites in Wales. Egni has raised £4m from a community share offer and £2.12m from the Development Bank of Wales to fund the installs which are ongoing. The turnover is £460k. We save our sites more than £100k in electricity costs/year and 1,000 tonnes in carbon emissions. All surplus goes into energy education projects in schools working in partnership with EnergySparks www.egni.coop •Y Bryn windfarm Shared Ownership: we are working in partnership with NPTCVS and BAVO to secure upto a 20% stake in Y Bryn windfarm near Port Talbot. We are developing a co-op model to deliver both community benefit funds and shared ownership.•Hwb y Gors: We are also developing Hwb y Gors, a low carbon social enterprise, arts and education venue in the Cwmgors, north of Swansea. Hwb y Gors is in the former primary school and work is being funded by £1.3m of funding from the Lottery, Welsh Government, Moondance Foundation, Transforming Towns, Garfield Weston, Morel Trust, the Landfill Tax and Awel Aman Tawe itself.Over 80 local community organisations and schools are members of Awel and Egni Coops, owning more than £100k of shares, gaining a sustainable income stream from the projects. This includes a range of groups such as Merched y Wawr, schools, sports clubs and community centres.