The Directors of Dingwall Wind Co-op are local people who think the wind resource of Dingwall should be used to benefit the people of the local area.
Richard Lockett – Company Secretary
Brought up on the family farm at Knockbain, Richard went on to study Environmental Science at Stirling University. He has since worked in environmental land management in Perthshire and has run his own consultancy business for the last 5 years.
Richard, who has recently moved back to Knockbain, has played a leading role in the Knockbain turbine project and is passionate about it being locally and co-operatively owned.
Jem Taylor
Jem has been a Community Councillor, is a director of Muir of Ord Development Trust, and is Head of IT Service at the University of the Highlands and Islands. He lives near Muir of Ord and is automating his home to minimise peak-hour electricity consumption, to support our national transition to renewables. He joined the board of DWC in 2026.
Ewan Eley
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have been working in the renewables industry for the past 7 years, with a direct focus on the development of Wind Energy Projects. In recent years I have been managing operational duties for completed developments between 50KW – 7.5MW.
I have day to day experience of data analysis to show performance trends, whilst benchmarking performance indicators. I also have a large amount of experience with fixed pitch turbines – predominantly WTN 225KW machines. I actively manage a portfolio of 11 of these turbines across the North East of Scotland and can draw down on lessons learnt in order to maximize production from the Community Turbine.
The Co-op was developed in partnership with Sharenergy. Sharenergy is a co-operative which helps to set up renewable energy co-operatives. It is a spin-off from Energy4All which has established larger wind co-operatives across the UK and itself owes its origin to Baywind, the UK’s first renewable energy co-operative founded in 1997. Sharenergy provide ongoing administrative support and help facilitate the running of Dingwall Wind Co-op.
The project was developed by Knockbain Renewables – father and son team, David and Richard Lockett. They sought and gained planning permission for the turbine before passing it on to the co-op.