Seven local charities and community groups have received funding from the Inch Cape Construction Fund. The grants, totalling over £10,000, will support a variety of initiatives, including art workshops, first-aid courses, sports programs, and environmental projects.

The Inch Cape Construction Fund has now distributed over £40,000 to 26 community groups and organisations in the Prestonpans and Cockenzie & Port Seton areas.


Eligible groups can apply for grants of up to £2,000 at any time.

Once constructed, Inch Cape will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in Scotland. Its offshore site is in the North Sea, 15 kilometres from the Angus coastline, and the green electricity generated by the wind farm's 72 turbines will be transmitted 85 kilometres to a new substation now under construction on the site of the former coal-fired Cockenzie Power Station in East Lothian.

ICOL, owner of Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, is an equal joint venture between Edinburgh-based renewable and sustainable energy company, Red Rock Renewables Limited and Ireland's leading energy company, ESB.