CREATIVE COMPETITION IN THE WIND FOR MORAY/HIGHLAND YOUNGSTERS
News release
Statkraft
Children aged five to twelve, who live or go to school in the area of Moray and Highland broadly ringed by Forres, Elgin, Aberlour and Grantown, are being asked to take part in a competition to design a printed pattern for a kite, and to name a turbine at a newly-completed wind farm.
Plaques bearing the names put forward by the winners will be mounted permanently on each of the 29 turbines at Berry Burn Wind Farm – situated broadly between the four locations – which can produce enough clean energy annually to meet the average electricity need of over 43,000 households.
Winners will also receive a personalised kite – with their own design printed on it – from Berry Burn’s operators Statkraft UK, who have launched the competition as part of the company’s community engagement programme.
The competition initiative follows a year-long programme of information and consultation events in which Statkraft have successfully sought involvement from local people on the priorities and operation of a £166,000-plus annual Community Benefit Fund stemming from the project.
Sergio Castedo, director of Statkraft UK said: “We would like to enable local children to add their own personal touch to a site which will be part of the community for many years to come. We’re looking forward to considering all the suggested names, which could include a character from Scottish or local history, a community hero or a friend or family member which children would like to honour.”
Entrants to the free competition can download the kite template and entry form from www.berryburnwindfarm.co.uk/nameaturbine
Entries can then be submitted by email – along with a name, age, email, telephone number and postal address – to info@berryburnwindfarm.co.uk or by post to ‘Berry Burn Community Competition’, c/o Lucid, 22 Market Brae, Inverness, IV2 3AB, to arrive by 31st August 2014
The winners will be notified on 15 September 2014.
Berry Burn Wind Farm came into full operation in April this year. It will provide annual community benefit funding, starting at £166,000 for 2014 and then index-linked into the future.
A range of volunteers from across the locality are working to put the Community Benefit Fund into being and, once formally constituted this summer, it will receive the full-year funding for 2014 and publicly invite applications and enquiries for assistance to projects that help build and strengthen the community.
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Issued for Statkraft by Lucid PR, Inverness. Contact:
Bob Kass 01463 724591, 07759 057825 bob@lucidmessages.com
John Ross 01463 724593, 07730 099617 johnross@lucidmessages.com
NOTES TO EDITORS
The figure for household electricity needs is based on annual consumption of 4,299kWh. Source, DECC
Competition rules and conditions
1. Only one entry per child is allowed.
2. Entries are free and should be made by email along with a name, age, email, telephone number and postal address to info@berryburnwindfarm.co.uk or by post to ‘Berry Burn Community Competition’, c/o Lucid, 22 Market Brae, Inverness, IV2 3AB, to arrive by 31st August 2014
3. Entries must be received by 31 August, 2014
4. The competition is open to all children aged five to twelve who live or go to school in the area of Moray and Highland broadly ringed by Forres, Elgin, Aberlour and Grantown. The judging panel consists of Statkraft/Berry Burn Wind Farm Ltd and Quatro PR who will consider both the kite designs and the reasons behind the naming suggestions before picking the turbine names.
5. Each winning entry will receive a kite, printed with their own design.
6. Statkraft/Berry Burn Wind Farm Ltd reserves the right to reproduce and utilise the entries submitted for information, publicity or promotional purposes. Parents/Guardians will be required to provide agreement for children to take part in any information, publicity and promotional activity linked to this competition.
8. The competition excludes employees of Statkraft/Berry Burn Wind Farm Ltd and Quatro PR, members of their families, their agents or anyone connected with the competition.
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