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Community Energy Projects A Cinderella concept Or Vital part of our future You can decide

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Page 1: back 2 business week - green deal: Phil Powell on community energy

Community Energy Projects

• A Cinderella concept

• Or

• Vital part of our future

• You can decide

Page 2: back 2 business week - green deal: Phil Powell on community energy

Community Energy Projects

History & future of electricity

Peak oil & fossil fuel stations

World power demand

Community projects

Case studies

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Community Energy Projects

• The history of electricity generation

• And how it will turn • And how it will turn

• From community station

• Through large centralised fossil fuel station

• Back to community/ individual generation

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Community Energy Projects

5 KW output

Reliability poor

Very expensive

One hours light bulb One hours light bulb

cost a weeks wage

Brighton Power Station in about 1885Coal / wood fired steam engine “State of the art”

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Community Energy Projects

What Happened from the 1850s ?

• Coal was mined in Britain

• Oil was discovered in Pennsylvania • Oil was discovered in Pennsylvania

• Cheap fossil fuels drove energy demand

• Technical innovation allowed power stations

to develop in size

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Community Energy Projects

600 MW output

Gas fired

High reliability

One hours

lighting now

costs

1/40,000

weekly wage

Shoreham power station near Brighton

CCGT combined cycle gas turbine “state of the art”

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Community energy Projects

Electrical generation by fuel

45% from gas

28 % from coal

18% from nuclear18% from nuclear

7% from Renewables

Source DECC website

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Community energy projects

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Community Energy Projects

• How will things change in the future?

• Government target is an 80%

• Reduction in emissions by 2050

• Heavy transport will struggle to reduce •

• Electricity needs to so more than 80%

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Community Energy Projects

• The ERA of cheap fossil fuel is nearly over

• Fossil fuel Power stations are obsolete

• Renewable power stations are

• Smaller and more numerous

• We will circle back to community sized power stations

• A community plant should be owned by the

community for the community

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Community Energy Projects

Electricity will power almost everything

Cars, home heating etc

Fossil fuels will be too scarce to burn

Electrical storage needs to be developed

Brighton Power Station

“State of the art” @2020

Wind for bulk generation PV for daytime peak load

AD for intermittency

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Community Energy Projects

This mix is a moving target, and depends on many variables:

Technical innovation, Fossil fuel costs, Storage solutions, Public Attitudes

Fossil fuel will be with us for some time due to its versatility

Home / community will be a mix of PV, Wind, A D & Home fuel cell etc

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Community Energy Projects

• Peak oil & fossil fuel stations

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Community Energy Projects

The 1950’s were peak years for US oil Exploration

BUT US Geologist Hubbert in 1950 suggested

US Oil production would peak and decline

He was ridiculed

US Oil production started to decline 40 years later

47 years since the peak of WORLD discoveries

HAS WORLD OIL PRODUCTION PEAKED?

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Community Energy Projects

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Community Energy Projects• Future energy demand

• Kalahari bushmen use 2,000 kcal per day

• Subsistence farmers use 12,000 kcal per day

• Technological society use 230,000 kcal per day• Technological society use 230,000 kcal per day

• All the underdeveloped countries in the world

envy and want to match our living standards

• World power demand in infinite

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Community Energy Projectsincreasing population will demand more energy

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Community Energy Projects

• Rising population

• Increasing demand per person

• Cheap oil used up• Cheap oil used up

• Renewables are a sound investment

• Communities can be self sufficient

• Communities can be more resilient

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Community Energy Projects

• Renewable stations will be smaller and

more numerous than fossil plants

• The large companies cant run small plants efficiently

• Community groups with low overheads can

• The benefits can accrue to the community

• Makes our communities more resilient

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Community owned microhydro

• Community owned microhydro

• 30KW hydro 200 MWh annually

• 1 Km pipeline 25 m head at 200 l/s

• All funding from grants

• Project cost about £300,000

• Annual income £20,000

• Very low visual impact long life of project

TAP

Tintern Angiddy Project

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Gwent Levels Community wind farm

• CIC owned medium wind farm

• 2 turbines 2MW each

• Generate a total of 14 GWh annually

• Gross income of £1.4M

• Cost £4 million funded by share issue

• Very high environmental hurdles

• £200,000 for planning requirements• £200,000 for planning requirements

• Benefits from the scheme include

• Income for local investors loans or dividends

• Improved Flood defence 7,000 homes

• Support for local causes village halls

• 30 jobs created locally more indirectly

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Community Energy ProjectsPhotovoltaic for a village hall

• South facing pitched roof

• Not significantly over shaded

• 22 panels generates 4.0 MWh

• Benefit of about £2,000 annually index linked• Benefit of about £2,000 annually index linked

• Needs about 40 m2 of roof area

• Cost about £12,000

• Sizable grant and or low cost loan needed

• Community members might want to loan money

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Community Energy Projectsa successful project

• Have a reason that the community supports

• A small group with a legal structure to steer the project

• Newsletter to keep the community informed

• Keep a record of hours for matching fund grants

• Keep a record of income and expenses

• Keep minutes of meetings where decisions are made

• Website is a good way to inform / impress people

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

After decades of shop, school and pub closures

Village halls are often the only

community building left in villages

Without a community meeting place

villages become mere dormitories

Where few knows or cares about neighbours.

Our halls are vital to the community

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

• Impending funding cuts imperil these vital village buildings

• The feed in tariff gives a unique opportunity for village halls

and community to gain the following benefits

• An index linked long term income stream

• Fund hall maintenance and running costs• Fund hall maintenance and running costs

• Foster closer community links

• Encourage through example carbon reduction emissions.

• Adds resilience to our villages

• Gives out village halls respect and status

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

Example 9.5 KW system

Generates @ 8000 KWh

Annual output

1st year benefit @ £3,200

25 year total benefit @£100K25 year total benefit @£100K

Cost £32,000

1st year Return 10%

Index linked for 25 years

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

• Photovoltaic panels have benefits over other

renewable energy such as wind or water

• Reliable and dependable technology

• Numerous competitive suppliers• Numerous competitive suppliers

• Lower planning hurdles

• Lower initial costs

• Low maintenance and administration costs

• Perfect income source for village halls

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

• Financing is the biggest hurdle

• People who use the hall might help with a loan.

• The FIT income allows you to pay interest say 3%

service a loan and give a useful amount to the hallservice a loan and give a useful amount to the hall

• How much do they cost depends on the size

• A 4 KW installation costs £13 to £14,000

• A 10 KW installation costs about £33,000.

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

• This is not always possible or desirable for village hall

committees to take on the administration responsibility

• There are 2 alternative solutions to this

• Gwent Energy CIC is a community interest company that will

take on this responsibility on for youtake on this responsibility on for you

• Robert Owen Community Banking Fund Ltd., will do this

admin for you They are a not for profit lender linked to the

Wales credit union network

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

• We suggest the following timetable

• Call Phil on 07506004581 to come and have a look at discuss the options

• An installer Beverley Thomas (07817367590) will come and do a survey

and give you the details of what is possible and how much it will cost

• Decide on the options for managing and financing the system• Decide on the options for managing and financing the system

• Apply for planning permission and to western power for grid connection

• Raise the money and order the system

• if you have a high proportion in loans, aim for a spring installation

• Register for FITs as soon as possible after installation

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Monmouthshire village hall photovoltaic's

• For more information call these

• Richard Lewis on 01873736031 [email protected]

• Phil Powell on 01291 629936 (07506004581) [email protected]

• Gwent energy can help you organise it • Gwent energy can help you organise it

• For a survey, price and detailed technical information

• Beverley Thomas 07817367590 [email protected]

• AND GIVE OUR VILLAGES A CHANCE