News & Articles on Community Power
Developing renewable energy on the scale needed to make the energy transition will require public acceptance. Unlike nuclear power, where society can force a single plant on a community for the benefit of society at large, renewable energy will have to become ubiquitous in our communities and on our landscapes. This can only be possible when the majority accept this transformation. Experience has taught that acceptance is greatest when neighbors and the community at large can participate in the renewable energy revolution. The beauty of renewable energy is that everyone can take part–and own a stake in their future–when given an opportunity to do so. The challenge is creating the policies that make this possible, whether it’s for a community wind project or a solar garden.
72 MW Community-Owned Wind Farm Installed in Germany
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Paul Gipe
This is the largest community-owned wind farm in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and may be one of the largest community-owned wind plants in the world. More than 700 regional property owners and residents invested in the project.
Mainichi: Construction plans for mid-sized geothermal plants booming across Japan
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The purchase price for renewable energy generated by a power plant whose maximum output is less than 15,000 kilowatts is also set relatively high at 42 yen per kilowatt hour under the feed-in tariff system, encouraging new companies to enter the business.
ISEP: Fukushima Community Power Declaration
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We highly welcome the launch of the Fukushima Community Power Fund and call on community power proponents in Japan to support the fund so that it can soon become fully operational and support community power groups in investing in renewable energy projects.
Britain’s Community Energy Plan Proposes Doubling FIT Cap
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Paul Gipe
The only concrete proposal is DECC’s statement that “We will be consulting in spring 2014 on doubling the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) maximum capacity ceiling from 5MW to 10MW for community projects.”
OPA: Strong Demand Continues for Feed-In Tariff Program
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More than four years after the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) launched North America’s first comprehensive Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Program, Ontario’s renewable energy industry, municipalities, Aboriginal communities and community organizations continue to show strong interest in the program. Nearly 80 percent of net applications have Aboriginal, community, municipal or public sector participation
CBC: First of its kind solar coop project
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Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest will be installing a 75-kilowatt solar panel system on its roof in collaboration with the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op, or OREC.
Saskatoon Community Wind
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Saskatoon Community Wind is a community vision. 10 wind turbines located 15 to 30 kilometres from Saskatoon, owned by thousands of people from the Saskatoon region and generating 5% of our electricity.
Ontario SolarShare: $3 Million Raised in Solar Bonds!
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SolarShare has achieved a first in Canada by raising $3 million of investment for solar energy.
Definition und Marktanalyse von Bürgerenergie in Deutschland
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Agentur Für Erneuerbare Energien
76-page report on the ownership of renewable energy in Germany through 2012, including the original charts in German translated by Craig Morris into English.
Chronicle Herald: Community Energy projects get green light
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A cluster of community energy projects received Nova Scotia government clearance Friday to proceed to the next stage of development. . . Each of the 13 projects from eight different groups is proceeding through the province’s Community Feed-In Tariff program that encourages locally generated clean and renewable electricity.
