West Solent Solar Cooperative

West Solent Solar Cooperative is a community-owned energy society formed in 2013, operating a 2.4MW solar farm near Lymington in Hampshire that has been generating power since June 2014. Owned by around 483 local members who raised £2.6 million to build the project, it supplies electricity to the grid for roughly 650 homes, with surplus operating income shared with members and a community benefit fund.