community-owned renewable energy sixways, worcester 10 september 2014 jon hallé [email protected]
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Co-operative helping people to set up renewable energy co-opsFounded 2011, spin-off from Energy4All40+ co-ops set up across the technologies and UK
• Finding projects• Setting up the co-operative• Financial planning• Share offer• Administration• Filling in the gaps ….
West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 millionCO2 : 50 million tonnes
Sources: WDM, IEA
Nigeriapopulation: 140 millionCO2
: 52 million tonnes
West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 millionCO2 : 50 million tonnes
Source: renewables-map.co.uk
Sources: renewables-map.co.ukDECC (2012)
1. Stuff gets mined from all over the planet
2. These guys set fire to it. Some of it becomes electricity
3. You use lots of your moneyto buy it from them. And then waste most of it.
1. We get energy from the weather
2. And turn it into energy we can use
2. They invest it all over the planetIn things you may or may not think are great
1. You invest your money with people you trust
3. They give you a 1-3% return on your investment
2. And get 4-9% return
1. You invest your money with a co-op you own
2. And get 4-9% return+ tax relief
2. And get 4-9% return+ tax relief+ community benefit
2. And get 4-9% return+ tax relief+ community benefit+ public understanding of renewables so we can get ourselves out of this mess!
Shropshire pop. 306,100.600,000 MWh. electricity
600,000/8760 =70 MW
280 MW wind (100 big turbines)700 MW solar (100 big solar farms)
£700m
Sources: SC, Nat. Stats
Shropshire pop. 306,100.600,000 MWh. electricity
600,000/8760 =70 MW
280 MW wind (100 big turbines)700 MW solar (100 big solar farms)
£700m
Sources: HSBC, SC, Nat. Stats
306,100 x 0.015= £4600m
Shropshire pop. 306,100.600,000 MWh. electricity
600,000/8760 =70 MW
280 MW wind (100 big turbines)700 MW solar (100 big solar farms)
£700m
Sources: HSBC, SC, Nat. Stats
306,100 x 0.015= £4600m
15% of our savings 100% low-carbonelectricity
We get a 7% return
Westmill Wind Co-op
• First 100% community- owned wind farm in SE England
• 5 x 1.3MW turbines• 2374 members
Registered Societies
• One member one vote• 2 Legal forms• Can raise shares from the public• Create local, ethical investment opportunity• £100-£100,000 investment per member• 4-8% return on investment typically• Replicable model (low to no grant)
Co-ops UK 2011
Community renewable societies
Community PVLeominster Community Solar
Leominster Community Solar
• 2012• 50 kW• 90 members• £150,000 share offer• Performance
exceeding expectations
• Now helping new School Coop
Shropshire’s first renewable energy co-op
Neen Sollars Community Hydro
Neen Sollars Community Hydro
• 15kW• 73 members• £150,000 share offer
Neen Sollars Community Hydro
• 15kW• 73 members• £150,000 share offer
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Lao Tzu
Crida Wind Co-op
• 1.5MW• £20,000 annual community fund• Currently in planning
Crida Wind Co-op
10% of domestic electricity usage in Bridgnorth
Dingwall Wind Co-op
250 kW single turbine
Woolhope Woodfuel
The Woods
•Undermanaged or unmanaged woodland•Wildlife and Biodiversity benefits•4000 tonnes/yr practicable sustainable resource (FC)•Few incentives to manage
Need for a high value, steady income stream for woodfuel ? and/or support, stability, advice, co-operation, information sharing…
Heating
•Heating on oil or LPG•Costs rising•High carbon•Move to biomass expensive and risky
Need for capital and a reliable supply of genuinely sustainable woodfuel
Heating oil costs adjusted for RPI 2000-2011
The Co-operative
•Contracting for wood supply locally•Storing, drying, chipping•Installing, maintaining and fuelling boilers for local heavy heat users
A local co-operative which members of the public can join, run and benefit from. Members return 6-8% (supported by RHI)
Fownhope CRAG
Boilers offer
•Large heat users (£5000/yr+)•State of the art boiler installed free•We sell them heat•We maintain and fuel the boiler•20% below oil costs guaranteed for 20 years
Canon Frome Court
•50 residents in 19 flats•Heated on LPG, oil, coal, wood•Hard to heat and listed•Willing to consider radical solutions
Share offer
•£325k raised in 2012•160 members•Many local but UK-wide interest•UK’s first heat co-op
Canon Frome install
•199kW boiler•LPG backup•Heat main
Next steps
•Sharing the model•More boilers•Woodfuel supply chain
New models
•Pomona solar, 250KW ground+ Industrial•Hydro in Ludlow•Chase Solar, Social housing•Co-ownership, moving beyond FiTs
Join the movement !
Jon Hallé[email protected]