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Antony Ashkenaz & Nisha Mal & Sophie Brownson

Households could buy own windfarm for £1,000 to lower energy bills

A new energy company is offering households the chance to cut down on their bills by buying their own share of a wind farm.

Ripple energy, a new startup, allows households and businesses across the country to own small shares of large-scale wind farms and solar parks, the Daily Express and Wales Online report. The firm has a co-operative model where the energy generated will be much cheaper than the market price.

According to Sarah Merrick, CEO and founder of Ripple Energy, households who invest in building the wind farm, would receive “the low-cost green electricity that their little bit of the wind farm generates."

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