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Asher Valley villagers club together to buy their own wind turbine

More than 600 residents of Holloway and two neighbouring villages have bought shares in a single community-owned turbine, with stakes starting at €250 and profits promised to stay in the valley.

World

Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power

Velde, the small inland town twinned with Wrenhaven, now produces as much electricity as it uses over a year from a solar park owned by its own residents through an energy cooperative.