Community Ownership of Renewable Energy: Global Best Practices & Opportunities for Turkey
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Global Best Practices & Opportunities For Turkey
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP of RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mümtaz Derya TarhanJune 28,2013
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
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)
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
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
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
Westmill Solar Co-operative
5 MW solar ground
England, UK
£4m raised
1650 members
Green Energy Nyland
15 kW solar on local school’s rooftop
Suffolk, England
£37,900 34
members
WindShare Co-operative
750 kW wind
Toronto, Canada
Joint Venture with Toronto Hydro
First urban wind turbine in North America
600 members
West Java Hydro Co-operatives
Villages in West Java, Indonesia
Micro hydro systems owned and operated locally
Rural electrification / protection from coal
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
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
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
Local Government Projects in Turkey
Gürsu, Bursa Solar project in
local park
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?