Media Mentions

  1. September 4, 2024 – Plans for a Wind Farm to be Partly Owned by Residents. BBC News, North East and Cumbria. Interview by Bob Cooper. See here.
  2. August 7,2024 – Plans revealed to build £3bn offshore wind farm in West Cumbria. ITV Border News. Interview by Kieran Macfadzean. See here
  3. September 28, 2023 – Project Collette, Ciara Shannon and Prof Rebecca Willis on BBC Look North and BBC North West. Interview by Mark McAlindon. See here. (Wobbly home recording of the news).
  4. September 28, 2023 – Project Collette, Ciara Shannon and Prof Rebecca Willis. BBC Cumbria (Mike Zeller 6-10am) Interview by Mark McAlindon.
  5. July 30, 2023 – Offshore wind power boosts economy in Whitehaven, UK – EV Wind
  6. July 27 and July 29, 2023 – ‘Project Collette – Plans for a 1.2 GW windfarm off the coast of west Cumbria’- Whitehaven News and News and Star (no pay wall).
  7. July 18, 2023 ‘Locals in this British seaside town could revolutionise green energy – if the government lets them’. An article that includes a profile of ‘Project Collette’ by Prof Rebecca Willis – Guardian.
  8. December 14, 2022 ‘Going backward on call is a mistake when Cumbria has so much green potential to propel it forwards’ – by Ciara Shannon – GreenAlliance.
  9. December 9, 2021 ‘Calls for £20 million investment in Cumbria’s zero carbon agenda’ – Whitehaven News.
  10. June 17, 2021 Green investment plan created for Cumbria – Cumbria Crack.
  11. March 13, 2021 Four reasons why Cumbria could benefit from green recovery plan – Cumbria Crack.

Press Releases

  1. August 5, 2024 – Groundbreaking Community Offshore Wind Proposal Put to the People of West Cumbria – See the press release. Plans for Project Collette, which aims to be the UK’s first large-scale, part community-owned offshore wind farm off the Cumbrian coast, are being shared with the local community via a survey in Workington, Whitehaven, Maryport and St Bees and public meetings jointly hosted by Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC) and this Hub on August 7th and by Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS) in Whitehaven RLFC on 4th September 2024.
  2. December 1, 2021. ‘The Launch of the Green Investment Report for Cumbria‘. See the report launch press release. The report outlines a pipeline of transformative and deliverable projects which can contribute billions to Cumbria and reduce millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year to help tackle climate change. These opportunities capitalise on Cumbria’s wealth of renewable and natural assets and the report highlights various finance mechanisms.
  3. June 16, 2021. ‘A Partnership to Galvanise Green Investments for Cumbria Launches’. See the launch press release. A range of partners including Ciara Shannon of EdenWorks Green, Karen Mitchell of Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS), Prof Nick Robins of the Grantham Research Institute (LSE), Michael Osborne of Arup, Ian Dickie of eftec, Ian Callaghan and Associates and others have come together to create a Green Investment Plan for Cumbria.
The Lambrigg Windfarm near Kendal, Cumbria. Photo Credit: CAfS