community ownership of renewable energy: global best practices & opportunities for turkey
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Mümtaz Derya Tarhan underlines the economic, social and environmental benefits of community ownership in renewable energy; and highlights some of the best case practices by renewable energy co-operatives and local governments from around the world. Tarhan also looks into potential ownership models that may succeed in Turkey.TRANSCRIPT
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Global Best Practices & Opportunities For Turkey
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP of RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mümtaz Derya TarhanJune 28,2013
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Alternative Ownership Models
Ownership of renewable energy systems by local shareholders
Ownership Models Co-operatives Local Governments Civil society organizations Local schools, faith buildings, community buildings… Individual Owners/Farmers Partnerships between these actors
LOCAL NEEDS, LOCAL SOLUTIONS
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Benefits of Local Ownership
Local Economic Activity
50% of all economic activity returns directly to the pockets of owners (2 MW wind project, Germany)
Resources that stay in the community are five-fold compared to outside-owned projects (1 MW wind project, Iowa)
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Benefits of Local Ownership
Job Creation
Community projects generate 1.1 to 1.3 times more construction, and 1.1 to 2.8 times more operations & maintenance jobs than outside-owned ones (Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota, U.S.A.)
In Ontario, community projects are expected to
generate 47% more jobs for wind and 50% for solar compared to outside-owned ones for the next 20 years
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Renewable Energy Co-operatives
Shared ownership: Direct stake in the energy sector Shared costs: Lower personal financial
burden Shared benefits: Sense of belonging,
community
Democratic governance Participatory decision-making One member one vote principle
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RE Co-ops Around the World
Denmark Over 100 wind co-ops 3/4 of country’s windmills with 3,000 owned 150,000 families are members
Germany 600 renewable energy co-operatives 80,000 citizens are members As of Spring 2012 total of 800m Euros
invested for 290,000 MWh of power
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Westmill Solar Co-operative
5 MW solar ground
England, UK
£4m raised
1650 members
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Green Energy Nyland
15 kW solar on local school’s rooftop
Suffolk, England
£37,900 34
members
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WindShare Co-operative
750 kW wind
Toronto, Canada
Joint Venture with Toronto Hydro
First urban wind turbine in North America
600 members
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West Java Hydro Co-operatives
Villages in West Java, Indonesia
Micro hydro systems owned and operated locally
Rural electrification / protection from coal
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Other Types of Co-ops in the Sector
Ecopower Co-op in Belgium 43,000 members
including producers and consumers
Energy co-ops purchasing their local grids i.e. Feldheim, Germany
900 Rural Electric Co-ops in U.S. 47 states, 42 million
member/customers
Mount Pleasant Solar Co-op in Washington DC
Utility Co-operatives Collective Purchasing
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Local Governments & Co-ops
Local governments are/should be best aware of the local population’s; energy, economic, social and environmental needs/assets
This puts them in an ideal position to partner with the local population in energy projects through co-ops
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Local Government Projects in Turkey
Köprübaşı, Manisa ‘‘Dripping Sun’’ solar-
powered irrigation system
Reversed outward migration
Akbıyık Village in Bursa Wind project to fight
energy poverty
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Local Government Projects in Turkey
Gürsu, Bursa Solar project in
local park
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Discussion
Where do you see the potential for renewable energy co-operatives in Turkey?
How can Turkey benefit from success models elsewhere?
Local government – co-operative partnerships in Turkey?