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Green Fields Trust was set up in 2015 by a group of residents local to Lower Stanley Solar Farm. Trustees are drawn from the communities around.

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The developers of the Lower Stanley solar farm (Green Hedge Renewables) gained planning permission for Gretton Solar Farm Limited 1 September 2015 and believed that the local community should benefit from schemes like this. They worked with local residents to ensure this happened.

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On 20th January 2020 Bluefield Solar Income Fund acquired Gretton Solar Farm from CTF. They also undertake the operation of the installation. See history of ownership here.

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Certain financial benefits flow to the local community from Gretton Solar Farm Limited. Green Fields Trust was set up to receive these funds on behalf of the community and to fund projects meeting objectives of the trust. Find out more about the Trustees and the Trust Objects? - click here

Next Grant Application Deadline 

31 March 2026

Click here for process

Homes powered
MWh per year / 3.3 = homes powered - this uses Ofgem's assumption that the average annual consumption of a home is 3.3MWh.

Carbon saved

MWh per year x 0.38146 = tonnes carbon saved - Every unit of electricity generated by a renewable source embedded on the network offsets emissions at the generation level as well as losses on the transmission and distribution network.  0.38146 is the 2017 government estimate.

Cars off the road

Tonnes carbon / 4.7 = cars off the road - A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. This assumes the average gasoline vehicle on the road today has a fuel economy of about 21.6 miles per gallon and drives around 11,400 miles per year. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2. (source)

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