Banks Renewables is one of the leading developers in the UK’s onshore wind sector, owning and operating ten wind farms across northern England and Scotland which have a total installed generating capacity of 224MW of clean green electricity.
Its wind farms displaced around 87,254 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the UK’s electricity supply network in 2019, while the family-owned firm has ambitious plans for more renewable energy generation and storage developments in the region.
Mark Dowdall, environment and community director at the Banks Group, says: “Our longstanding ‘development with care’ approach has always placed environmental responsibility and sustainability at the centre of our developments.’’
“Our onshore wind farms not only generate substantial amounts of clean green electricity, but also tangible financial benefits for the communities in which they’re based, while coal and fireclay is produced at our surface mines with considerably lower greenhouse gas emissions than foreign imports.’’
“We’ll continue to invest in environmentally-sustainable best practice right across our business in the future and have a strong supply chain on our North East doorstep that will be able to help us take these plans forward.”
Case study taken from North East Chamber of Commerce Climate Change Document: https://www.neechamber.co.uk/uploads/files/d6wpiWCJSWWMayt3.pdf
We encourage our partners and supporters to share their examples of good practice in tackling the climate emergency, reversing ecological collapse and delivering a just transition. NEECCo does not undertake to quality assure these case studies, and inclusion of a case study on this website does not imply endorsement of the project by NEECCo or by its partners.
Some case studies will feature organisations who are involved in fossil fuel industries, or who are open to challenge on other aspects of their performance in relation to our objectives. NEECCo recognises that if we are to reach our ambitious objectives, all organisations and individuals within the north east will need to adapt their behaviour and actions. We want our case studies to encourage this process. Our commitment to achieving a just transition from a carbon-based economy to a green economy requires us to encourage positive steps wherever they are to be found.
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Last Updated: 12 April 2021 by Allison Madine
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Banks Renewables is one of the leading developers in the UK’s onshore wind sector, owning and operating ten wind farms across northern England and Scotland which have a total installed generating capacity of 224MW of clean green electricity.
Its wind farms displaced around 87,254 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the UK’s electricity supply network in 2019, while the family-owned firm has ambitious plans for more renewable energy generation and storage developments in the region.
Mark Dowdall, environment and community director at the Banks Group, says: “Our longstanding ‘development with care’ approach has always placed environmental responsibility and sustainability at the centre of our developments.’’
“Our onshore wind farms not only generate substantial amounts of clean green electricity, but also tangible financial benefits for the communities in which they’re based, while coal and fireclay is produced at our surface mines with considerably lower greenhouse gas emissions than foreign imports.’’
“We’ll continue to invest in environmentally-sustainable best practice right across our business in the future and have a strong supply chain on our North East doorstep that will be able to help us take these plans forward.”
Case study taken from North East Chamber of Commerce Climate Change Document: https://www.neechamber.co.uk/uploads/files/d6wpiWCJSWWMayt3.pdf
We encourage our partners and supporters to share their examples of good practice in tackling the climate emergency, reversing ecological collapse and delivering a just transition. NEECCo does not undertake to quality assure these case studies, and inclusion of a case study on this website does not imply endorsement of the project by NEECCo or by its partners.
Some case studies will feature organisations who are involved in fossil fuel industries, or who are open to challenge on other aspects of their performance in relation to our objectives. NEECCo recognises that if we are to reach our ambitious objectives, all organisations and individuals within the north east will need to adapt their behaviour and actions. We want our case studies to encourage this process. Our commitment to achieving a just transition from a carbon-based economy to a green economy requires us to encourage positive steps wherever they are to be found.
We are interested in your views on the case studies so please choose to like/ dislike each case study.
Category: Regional Case Studies, Private Sector Tags: sustainability, renewable energy, property development, surface mining, environmental responsibility, supply chain, onshore wind, wind farm, green electricity, greenhouse gas
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