Models of Successful Community Energy
Barriers
- Involvement within groups
Ideas
- Investing in Under-Invested Communities
- Sustainable Villages
- Accessible Solar
- Crowd Funding Opportunities
Success
- Early Runs
- Momentum
- Community Engagement
- Collaboration – Tool Kit Access
- Replication
- Embark wiki
- Cleanas.org.au
Chris Cooper’s group discussion – Repower Shoalhaven
Group Models Being Worked On
Boonah
- BOSS (Boondah Organisation for a Sustainable Shire)
- Heat Pumps
- Photovoltaic
- Assisting Organisations to Secure Solar Panels
- Fundraising for Purchase of Panels
Geelong
- Looking for Best Model, not Wanting toRe-Invent the Wheel
- Schools interested & Some Other Site
- Individuals Willing To Donate
- Need the Best Model to Use
NZ
- Low Socio-Economic Are.
- Council Payments to Assist Individuals to Pay for Their Electricity.
- Looking for Participation Between Households and Government.
- Trying to Alleviate “Fuel Poverty” also Creats Employment.
- Community Energy of Groups Across NZ
- Allowing Collective Purchasing Power for Low Income Households.
Normanville
- Collective of Individuals Wanting to Learn More About Community Energy
Western Australia
- Researching Community Energy Schemes
Melbourne
- Energy for the People (social Enterprise)
Side Note: Generally Organisations are Very Willing to Share Information in this Space, not Protective of Intellectual Property. A Great Thing
C4CE Congress Harvest 