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.
Helsingin Sanomat: Citizen-owned wind power plant set up in Kemi Finsland
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The wind power company founded by the residents of the Vojakkala village has 108 shareholders, most of whom actually live in Southern Finland. . .
Community power co-ops join forces in Ontario’s green energy struggle
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By unifying the co-op sector under one umbrella, setting standards and sharing resources, the Federation expects to support at least 100 MW of community-controlled projects by 2015. . .
Solar farm co-operative raises £2m in Swindon
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Just three weeks after a share offer opened for the UK’s largest cooperatively owned solar farm more than two million pounds has been raised – more than £95,000 a day! . . The solar farm was up and running before August 1 last year so it qualifies for the highest level of feed-in tariff from the government, under a contract which runs for a further 24 years. . .
WWEC 2012: A birds-eye view of community renewable energy development around the world
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The focus and presentations on community power suggested that support and investment in the community renewable energy sector is broadly on the rise, with representatives from no less than twenty one countries across the world presenting on the state of community power. . .
Making Community Power Happen: The progress report and findings on Japanese Community Power
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Shota Furuya, Institute For Sustainable Energy Policies
Presentation on the status of community power in Japan at the WWEC in Bonn 2-5 July 2012. . .
Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world: new policy developments in the UK
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Peter Strachan & Richard Cowell
Presentation on Scotland’s a target of 500MW of community and locally-owned renewable energy by 2020 at the WWEC in Bonn 3-5 July 2012 . . .
The current state of community renewable energy in Scotland
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Anna Harnmeijer
Presentation on community power in Scotland the WWEC in Bonn 3-5 July 2012. . .
Deutsche Welle: Town turns wind power into community business
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Germany’s shift toward alternative energy has seen wind parks pop up around the country. Not everyone wants a power plant in their own backyard. But in Schlalach, the wind park has become a part of town life. . .
Britain’s Westmill Coop To Launch Solar Share Offering
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Westmill solar farm, just outside Swindon, is on the verge of becoming the first community owned and community led solar farm in the UK. . .
Mount Alexander Community Wind
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Mount Alexander Community Wind is a community driven project seeking to establish a locally owned and operated wind plant to supply a significant portion of the energy needs of our Shire. Clean renewable energy will be generated to replace energy derived from burning non-renewable coal. . .
