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Heather Smith Changing Weather Energy and Climate Change specialist Churchill Fellow 2015

Join Heather Smith, an expert on changing weather, energy, and climate change, as she shares insights on community energy transition narratives, regulatory structures, ownership models, and the demand for clean energy. Discover the potential benefits, challenges, and the importance of community involvement in driving sustainable energy solutions. Explore innovative approaches, such as purchasing clean energy, community-owned projects, and grid ownership. Learn from global examples like Isle of Eigg and Samso Island, and ponder the role of socio-technical transitions in shaping a sustainable future. Follow Heather's journey on her blog and delve into strategies for a more resilient and democratic energy landscape.

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Heather Smith Changing Weather Energy and Climate Change specialist Churchill Fellow 2015

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  1. Heather SmithChanging WeatherEnergy and Climate Change specialistChurchill Fellow 2015

  2. About South Australia • Population 1.7m • Adelaide – 60% • Peak Load – 3 GW • Wind capacity – 1.5 GW • Rooftop Solar – 0.8 GW • >40% renewables • 1 in every four households has solar • ….but not much community energy

  3. Energy Transition Narrative

  4. Deregulated markets Regulated Monopolies

  5. CORE Groups & Operating Projects from c4ce.net.au New South Wales Australia wide: ~70 CORE Groups, 23 operating projects

  6. C4CE.net.au

  7. Community Owned Retailer

  8. Shareholder model:

  9. A zero net energy business case:

  10. Community Targets

  11. RevolvingFund

  12. Community ownership models • Investor owned • Municipal • Rural Coops • ? Financial benefits flow to who? • ? Control and decisions that support change? • ? Responsiveness to community?

  13. Isle of Eigg– shared capacity Hydro Solar Wind

  14. Samso Island – world first renewable energy island

  15. Program delivery • Weatherisation • Energy efficiency • Demand management, automation and control • Low income • Renewable energy eg solar • Support for community involvement

  16. Purchasing more clean energy

  17. Buying back the electricity grid

  18. Incentives and rates (tariffs)

  19. Smart Grids and the Cellular grid • Homer and Spirae • The cellular grid – Denmark • Beyond advanced metering • …and into the home

  20. What is Community Energy and do we need it?

  21. Thoughts from my trip so far • Technical, market and social systems • Distributed or decentralised • Ownership, control and regulatory structures • What does the customer want? • Democratic • Local benefits

  22. Socio-technical transitions

  23. www. changingweatherblog.wordpress.com

  24. What we could have done better • Minimise the boom and bust for solar industry • Sliding scale feed-in tariff • Metering to capture gross solar is short sighted • Smarter meters • Wind farm scheduling • Frequency services • Fault response • Hot water timers • Electricity Act Objectives

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