Barely visible from local viewpoints, our solar farm at Creacombe provides clean energy without spoiling the countryside.
The construction of the solar farm at Creacombe was funded by Community Owned Renewable Energy LLP (CORE). Commissioned in December 2019, Creacombe benefited from a Feed in Tariff (FiT). The site is owned by CORE and the aim is for ownership to be transferred to YCE in 2023. In the meantime, YCE receives an annual contribution to our Community Fund from the revenues.
The site reflects YCE’s commitment to developing projects on low-grade land, continued agricultural use, and biodiversity enhancement. The grade 3b land will be grazed by sheep under and around the solar panels in autumn and winter.
The solar farm also lies within the South Devon B-Line, one of three pathways in the South of England designed to help conserve our native insect pollinators.
We launched a community share offer in 2023 to fund the transfer of three nearby operational solar farms into community ownership. The offer is now closed.