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Today's #MunicipalistMonday highlights community owned energy in Scotland's north/west isles. Renewables are powering communities through democratic & collective ownership, with some parallels to remunicipalisation elsewhere.
This is also an example of redistributing land & revitalising rural communities: Scotland has very concentrated land ownership due to a history of enclosure & clearance. Few absentee landlord families own most of Scotland.
However, in the last 20 years, rural communities have collectively bought their lands. Building community-owned renewables has often financed these projects.
What does "community" mean in energy systems? Our new #openaccess paper (bit.ly/30JTU0e) provides conceptual clarity through a systematic review of 405 papers and an analysis of 183 definitions. Here are our main findings! ⬇️(THREAD) #CommunityEnergy #renewableenergy 
1. Despite a multiplicity of concepts referring to community-based initiatives in energy systems (community solar, community wind, renewable energy community etc.), “community energy” and “energy community” have become predominant in the literature.
2. There are striking variations in the meanings attached to the notion of community and the alleged objectives pursued by communities across concepts and over time.
THREAD! In the run-up to EU Sustainable Energy Week #EUSEW2020, we're applauding some awesome community energy projects across Europe
First on: Belgium’s @Ecopower_BE foeeurope.org/belgian-commun…
#FrontlinesofHope
First on: Belgium’s @Ecopower_BE foeeurope.org/belgian-commun…
#FrontlinesofHope
2. @Ecopower_BE is a renewable energy cooperative from Belgium. It was founded in the 1980s, when a group of friends converted an old water mill to create renewable energy
3. Today @Ecopower_BE powers more than 50,000 homes with 100% renewable energy.
Being a cooperative means that it does not keep any of the profits – all surplus is reinvested in more sustainable energy projects.
Being a cooperative means that it does not keep any of the profits – all surplus is reinvested in more sustainable energy projects.
What do we mean when we talk about peer to peer #energy trading?
Just spent two thought-provoking days at @FSR_Energy for the second meeting of the Global Observatory on #P2PEnergy (GO-P2P). Here's my first attempt at a twitter thread to share some reflections on the event (1/)
Just spent two thought-provoking days at @FSR_Energy for the second meeting of the Global Observatory on #P2PEnergy (GO-P2P). Here's my first attempt at a twitter thread to share some reflections on the event (1/)
First, some context: GO-P2P is an annex of the
@IEA @users_tcp, led by @UCL_Energy's @LexScn. One aim of the observatory is to build a global evidence base of case studies of #P2PEnergy, #TransactiveEnergy and #CommunitySelfConsumption models (2/)
@IEA @users_tcp, led by @UCL_Energy's @LexScn. One aim of the observatory is to build a global evidence base of case studies of #P2PEnergy, #TransactiveEnergy and #CommunitySelfConsumption models (2/)
The work of GO-P2P is divided into 5 subtasks, covering different aspects of #P2PEnergy models: power systems; ICT & hardware; transactions & markets; social & economic value; and policy & regulation (3/)
A bold statement of practical support for #CommunityEnergy from @CoopParty [bit.ly/2NrjHAT]. We can't wait to hear @Conservatives @UKLabour @LibDems @TheGreenParty's plans to support the communities tackling #climatechange & supporting their most vulnerable citizens. 1/3
@CoopParty @Conservatives @UKLabour @LibDems @TheGreenParty We fully support @CoopParty's proposals:
-Reinstatement of SITR for #CommunityEnergy ✅
-Urban Community Energy Fund ✅
-Below-market interest loans ✅
-Community #SmartExportGuarantee ✅
-#EnergyEfficiency funding, ensuring vulnerable customers helped the most ✅
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-Reinstatement of SITR for #CommunityEnergy ✅
-Urban Community Energy Fund ✅
-Below-market interest loans ✅
-Community #SmartExportGuarantee ✅
-#EnergyEfficiency funding, ensuring vulnerable customers helped the most ✅
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@CoopParty @Conservatives @UKLabour @LibDems @TheGreenParty -Zero VAT on Energy Saving Measures ✅
-Community #FeedinTariff ✅
-Removal of punitive business rates for roof-top solar ✅
-Reforms to enable community energy groups to become energy suppliers ✅
-Doubling the size of the Co-operatives sector ✅
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-Community #FeedinTariff ✅
-Removal of punitive business rates for roof-top solar ✅
-Reforms to enable community energy groups to become energy suppliers ✅
-Doubling the size of the Co-operatives sector ✅
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🗯️News that 30 #communityenergy projects, totalling 4GW of capacity, have failed because FiT cap has been reached, just days before it is due to end for good, calls for a recap on why gov needs to recognise the role of local, community owned energy.
Here are 5 reasons (thread):
Here are 5 reasons (thread):
1. Renewables are now the cheapest source of energy.
Falling costs + greater awareness of #climatechange will contribute to rapid adoption of distributed energy tech across public institutions, businesses and, increasingly, among households 2/
Falling costs + greater awareness of #climatechange will contribute to rapid adoption of distributed energy tech across public institutions, businesses and, increasingly, among households 2/
According to a recent study, 11 mn households could be producing or storing their own energy in the UK by 2030, compared to just over a mn today.
& @beisgovuk expects nearly 30GW of renewables and storage to be built by 2030: bit.ly/2WlOHDK 3/
& @beisgovuk expects nearly 30GW of renewables and storage to be built by 2030: bit.ly/2WlOHDK 3/
