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.
Paul Gipe in Italia su Eolico cooperativo
By
Antonio Cecere
Mai avrei immaginato di poter conoscere direttamente Paul Gipe. L’occasione è stata la giornata di studio su “Eolico cooperativo” organizzata a Castellana Grotte (BA) il 29 settembre del 2013 da Francesco Paraggio e Patrizia Mastroleo. . . Questo evento aveva l’obbiettivo di analizzare le principali opportunità che il settore olico offre alle comunità locali . . .
The Journal: UK farmers turning to wind turbines to supplement income
By
Jo Blakemore
A dramatic fall in income, coupled with rising energy costs, is seeing increasing number of farmers turning to wind turbines as an additional source of revenue ahead of looming energy regulator deadlines just over two months away.
Give community wind power the same EMR terms as Hinkley C!
By
Dave Toke
The Government has talked about extending the size of the schemes which qualify under the small feed-in tariff from 5MW to 10 MW. However this makes little difference as the rates payable under the small feed-in tariff are very low for anything larger than a few hundred KW. A 2 MW project, for example, would receive less than £60 per MWh.
Toronto Star: Toronto Zoo biogas plant hopes to raise millions through community bonds
By
Zoe Mcknight
In a bid to raise enough money to build a $5.4-million energy plant that runs on zoo poo, a Toronto-based co-op is turning to the public for funding.
Activists Begin Organizing Wind Cooperative in Southern Italy
By
Paul Gipe
On Sunday morning 29 September nearly 50 people attended a full-day workshop on how locally-owned wind energy could benefit them and their communities.
Dutch Wind Cooperative Kennermerwind Update 2013
By
Paul Gipe
I first visited Kennermerwind sometime in 1996 on assignment for the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a US environmental group.
Renewables International: People for wind power
By
Craig Morris
In Scotland, the first 100 percent co-op-owned wind turbine is going up, and in Australia, a new video shows how much locals enjoy the wind turbines on their land.
The Age: Hepburn co-op sailing with the wind
By
Michael Green
It has been a hard road: Hepburn Wind took six years to complete. But since then the project has received local, state, national and global awards. Last year it won the World Wind Energy award for best global project, judged by the industry’s international association. . . The wind farm is a co-operative – more than half its 2000 members are locals, and every member has only one vote. It was nominated as the flagship project of the UN’s International Year of Co-operatives in 2012.
Onshore wind energy development in Puglia
By
Francesco Paraggio
Presentation on Developing Locally-Owned Wind Turbines in Castellana Grotte: The Current Situation in Italy
Energy Cooperatives: Citizens, communities and local economy in good company
By
Deutscher Genossenschafts- Und Raiffeisenverband
Energy cooperatives as organisational form are growing a lot in popularity because they offer a variety of possibilities for action and design. Currently, more than 80,000 citizens in Germany hold shares in new energy cooperatives. They can already participate with small amounts. In the last years, more than 500 newly-founded energy cooperatives invested a total of 800 million euros in renewable energy. This is confirmed by a recent study of the DGRV.
