Community-owned Renewable Energy Sixways , Worcester 10 September 2014 Jon Hallé

1. Community-owned Renewable Energy Sixways, Worcester 10 September 2014 Jon Hallé jon@sharenergy.coop www.sharenergy.coop

2. Co-operative helping people to set up renewable energy co-ops Founded 2011, spin-off from Energy4All 40+ 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 ….

3. West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 millionCO2: 50 million tonnes

4. West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 millionCO2: 50 million tonnes Nigeriapopulation: 140 millionCO2: 52 million tonnes Sources: WDM, IEA

5. Source: renewables-map.co.uk

6. Sources: renewables-map.co.uk DECC (2012)

7. 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 money to buy it from them. And then waste most of it.

8. 1. We get energy from the weather 2. And turn it into energy we can use

9. 3. They give you a 1-3% return on your investment 2. They invest it all over the planet In things you may or may not think are great 1. You invest your money with people you trust

10. 2. And get 4-9% return 1. You invest your money with a co-op you own

11. 2. And get 4-9% return + tax relief

12. 2. And get 4-9% return + tax relief + community benefit

13. 2. And get 4-9% return + tax relief + community benefit + public understanding of renewables so we can get ourselves out of this mess!

14. Shropshire pop. 306,100.600,000 MWh. electricity600,000/8760 =70 MW280 MW wind (100 big turbines)700 MW solar (100 big solar farms)£700m Sources: SC, Nat. Stats

15. Shropshire pop. 306,100.600,000 MWh. electricity600,000/8760 =70 MW280 MW wind (100 big turbines)700 MW solar (100 big solar farms)£700m 306,100 x 0.015= £4600m Sources: HSBC, SC, Nat. Stats

16. Shropshire pop. 306,100.600,000 MWh. electricity600,000/8760 =70 MW280 MW wind (100 big turbines)700 MW solar (100 big solar farms)£700m 306,100 x 0.015= £4600m 15% of our savings 100% low-carbon electricity We get a 7% return Sources: HSBC, SC, Nat. Stats

17. Westmill Wind Co-op • First 100% community- owned wind farm in SE England • 5 x 1.3MW turbines • 2374 members

18. 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

19. Community renewable societies

20. Community PV • Leominster Community Solar

21. Leominster Community Solar • 2012 • 50 kW • 90 members • £150,000 share offer • Performance exceeding expectations • Now helping new School Coop

22. NeenSollars Community Hydro Shropshire’s first renewable energy co-op

23. NeenSollars Community Hydro • 15kW • 73 members • £150,000 share offer

24. NeenSollars Community Hydro • 15kW • 73 members • £150,000 share offer A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Lao Tzu

25. Crida Wind Co-op • 1.5MW • £20,000 annual community fund • Currently in planning

26. Crida Wind Co-op 10% of domestic electricity usage in Bridgnorth

27. Dingwall Wind Co-op 250 kW single turbine

31. Woolhope Woodfuel

32. 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…

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Canon Frome Court • 50 residents in 19 flats • Heated on LPG, oil, coal, wood • Hard to heat and listed • Willing to consider radical solutions

37. Share offer • £325k raised in 2012 • 160 members • Many local but UK-wide interest • UK’s first heat co-op

38. Canon Frome install • 199kW boiler • LPG backup • Heat main

39. Next steps • Sharing the model • More boilers • Woodfuel supply chain

40. New models • Pomona solar, 250KW ground+ Industrial • Hydro in Ludlow • Chase Solar, Social housing • Co-ownership, moving beyond FiTs

41. Join the movement !

42. Jon Hallé jon@sharenergy.coop www.sharenergy.coop