Egni Coop have just commissioned two more systems totalling 150kw kw on two Welsh companies

Egni Co-op is a community organisation which funds and manages PV installations in Wales. It was set up by Awel Aman Tawe  (AAT), a community energy charity which has been operating for 20 years. Our prime drivers are tackling climate change and engaging people in energy.

The team behind Egni have also delivered the award-winning Awel Co-op, 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.

Precision Engineering Ltd have 70kw of solar is based in Ferndale in the Rhondda and specialises in tool making and machining. Pontus Research have 80 kw on their roof in Hirwaun are involved in research in the aquaculture, marine and aquatics sectors.

Egni Director, Rosie Gillam said:

“We are delighted to be working with these two Welsh companies based in the Valleys. Both have significant electricity onsite use. By funding solar panels on their roofs, we able to reduce electricity bills significantly by using onsite solar and also reduce their carbon footprint from their operations. This sort of project has a significant benefit to the Welsh economy and helps tackle climate change. Both companies provide good quality local jobs, and have also been a pleasure to work with. We will be announcing a number of other similar installations in the next few months.

It caps a good couple of weeks for us – last week, Egni was recognised as the Outstanding Renewable Energy Project in an award sponsored by Welsh Government, at the Sustainable Academy Awards and our parent charity, Awel Aman Tawe, was recognised as Environmental Organisation of the Year in the Social Enterprise UK Awards.

Rosie added:

“The installs were undertaken by Welsh installers Urban Solar at Precision Engineering and by Ice Power at Pontus who both did an excellent job.”

None of this would have happened without feasibility funding. We especially want to thank Penycymoedd Wind Farm for funding the feasibility on Pontus and the Welsh Government Energy Service and Sustainable Communities Wales for funding the feasibility on Precision Engineering. This de-risked the projects and enabled us to fund the solar installation costs from our Share Offer which has now raised £1.3m. People can join our coop and invest from £50 – please visit www.egni.coop for more info and we hope you join us to help tackle climate change.”