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{{Infobox company
| name = Baywind Energy Co-operative
| logo = Logo baywind.jpg
| type = [[Co-operative]]
| foundation     = 1996
| location = [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[England]]
| key_people= [[David Eastlick]], Chairman
| industry = Energy
| products = Wind energy projects
| homepage = [http://www.baywind.coop baywind.coop]
}}
'''Baywind Energy Co-operative''' was the first [[co-operative]] to own [[wind turbine]]s in the United Kingdom.
Baywind was modelled on the similar [[wind turbine cooperative]]s and other [[renewable energy]] co-operatives that are common in [[Scandinavia]], and was founded as an [[Industrial and Provident Society]] in 1996. It now has 1,200 members, each with one vote. A proportion of the profits is invested in local community environmental initiatives through the Baywind Energy Community Trust. The organisation won the 2004 National Social Enterprise Award for its innovative approach to community owned renewable energy.<ref>[http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/CMS/Page.aspx?SP=1906 Social Enterprise Coalition]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Baywind owned a 2.5 megawatt five-turbine [[wind farm]] at Harlock Hill near [[Ulverston]], [[Cumbria]] (operational since 29 January 1997), and one of the 600 kilowatt turbines at the [[Haverigg II]] wind farm near [[Millom]], Cumbria. The Harlock Hill site has now been re-powered with two 2.3 Mwh Enercon turbines, operational from May 2016. The site is now owned by High Winds, a [[Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014#Co-operative and community benefit societies|BenCom]] created under the new legal rules.
Since Baywind's establishment, further wind energy co-operatives have been established, many with the help of the organisation formed by Baywind for this purpose, [[Energy4All]].
==See also==
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*[[Wind power in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Energy policy of the United Kingdom]]
*[[Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative]]
*[[Community wind energy]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.baywind.coop '''Baywind Energy Co-operative''' website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061002140736/http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/Page.aspx?SP=1587 Social Enterprise Coalition case study — Baywind Energy Co-operative]
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