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European federation of groups and cooperatives of citizens for renewable energy
Common and public goods in the hands of citizens for the benefit of their communities
Pioneers of the Local Authorities in Energy Cost Reduction REMIDA BeSmart Athens
March 31st, 2015 Dirk Knapen
REScoop.eu – REScoop.be
Overview
- introduction - common and public goods for the benefit of local communities - renewable energy supporting - sustainable energy system - getting started - more information
Who Dirk Knapen - product developer - 1997 Folkecenter for renewable energy Denmark - Study tours to Denmark in 1997, 1999, 2013, 2014 - 12 years environmental movement on climate and energy - REScoop.be since February 2012 REScoop.be, Federation of groups and cooperatives of citizens for renewable energy “A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.” Cooperative groups as a third way in between - purely private and purely public - large scale and individual - 1% return on citizen savings and investor ROIs of 30 to 50%
Projects REScoop.20-20-20 - European federation with partners from European project REScoop 20-20-20 - inventory of REScoops, businessmodels and financing schemes - offering services to members: lobbying, financing, energy supplier, balancing - Sifnos Island Green Energy Cooperative one of 15 pilot projects MECISE, Mobilizing European Citizens to Invest in Sustainable Energy - cooperation with local authorities (covenant of mayors) - link energy savings and efficiency with renewables - partnership with partners with similar long term interest in thriving local communities - European revolving fund and support services
WISE Power project on fostering social acceptance for wind energy SEYN, Sustainable Energy Youth Network - interesting young people for sustainable energy and preparing them
for jobs in the sector
World suffering from growing pains Ecological deterioration Cultural frictions Unfair distribution
Earth Overshoot Day 2014 august 19th
Growing out of crisis without hurting others or the environment, now or in the future, here or elsewhere, is no longer an option unless… based on the single outside source we have … the SUN growing organic food, using renewable energy, harvesting materials (sinks for CO2)
Integrated use of the sun
Common and public goods Common goods - free by nature (land, beaches, forests, sun,
wind, water, sea, rivers,…) - free right of access for everyone - no legal owners
Public goods - paid for by taxpayers or consumers - public services
(roads, railways, airports, ports, water distribution, telecommunication and electricity grids, high tension lines, public buildings, schools hospitals,…)
- owned by citizens collectively
Neither of both should be privatized Citizens claim them
Turning reaction into action Omikronproject 136 Thessaloniki water Alternative Festival of Solidarity & Collaborative Economy 3rd edition Athens 10-11-12 October Energy cooperatives - Sifnos Green Energy Cooperative - Agro energy cooperative Lamia Kapa cooperatives network Greenpeace crowdfunding school in Stropones, Euboea 40,000 € collected in 2 months time
Common and public goods for the benefit of local communities
Common and public goods for the benefit of local communities Turning reaction into positive action
RE-connecting citizens
renewables as levers for local development
Harvesting values for the benefit of local communities
– harvesting : preparing, supporting, nurturing, protecting – values :
– resilience, self confidence, peace, solidarity, generosity, kindness, abundance, social cohesion, local employment, security of supply, price stability, energy autonomy, healthier environment, reduced climate impact, …
– 100% sustainable energy supply > 90 € per inhabitant per month
Local democratic decision making
Renewable energy supporting Europe Annual solar irradition European Union (1000 kWh/m²/year or 1TWh/km²/year at 4,381,376 km²) 4,381,376 TWh/year Total fossil fuel consumption in Europe based on average 10 ton CO2/capita.year 20,316 TWh/year Total fossil fuel consumption as share of solar irradiation 0.46% Value - CO2 :
5 billion ton x 15 €/ton 75 billion €/year - Fossil fuel :
5 billion ton x 187.5 €/ton (2014) 952 billion €/year x 120.0 €/ton (2015) 600 billion €/year 1 TWh is 1 billion kWh 1 barrel crude oil = 100 $/barrel= 75 €/barrel or now 52 $/barrel = 48 €/barrel 1 ton CO2 = 4000 kWh = 400 l crude oil = 2,5 barrels of crude oil = 187.5 €/ton or now 120 €/ton EU population estimate 2012 : 507,890,191
Renewable energy supporting Greece
http://solargis.info/doc/_pics/freemaps/1000px/ghi/SolarGIS-Solar-map-Greece-en.png
Renewable energy supporting Greece Annual solar irradition Greece 197.985 TWh/year (1500 kWh/m²/year or 1,5 TWh/km²/year at 131.990 km²) Total energy consumption in Greece at 25.000 kWh/cap.year Population 11,3 million 2012 census 283 TWh/year (0.16%) Cost 2015 of 283 TWh at 30 €/MWh 8.490 million €/year Cost 2013 of 283 TWh at 40 €/MWh 11.320 million €/year Cost 2000 of 329 TWh at 10 €/MWh 3.290 million €/year Annual cost of rising prices 2000-2013 (dropping consumption) 8.030 million €/year Annual cost of rising prices 2000-2015 (dropping consumption) 5.200 million €/year 1 TWh is 1 billion kWh 1 barrel crude oil = 100 $/barrel = 75 €/barrel or now 52 $/barrel = 48 €/barrel 159 l/barrel = 1,6 MWh/barrel = 62,5 $/MWh = 47 €/MWh or now 32,5 $/MWh = 30 €/MWh http://epp.eurostat.ec.europe.eu/cache /ITY_PUBLIC/8-17022014-AP/EN/8-17022014-AP-EN.PDF
Cost coming down rapidly
Cost coming down rapidly
Renewables supporting Greek islands Actual cost of electricity production based on oil on island > 0.250 €/kWh Comparative value of electricity on the mainland (lignite) 0.035 €/kWh Energy share of consumer electricity bill 0.090-0.110 €/kWh Value of renewable energy on the island Non-interconnected 0.090-0.110 €/kWh Interconnected 0.035 €/kWh If not interconnected renewable energy is economically viable without subsidies If interconnected renewable energy needs financial support to compete with continental market prices and power plants that are granted the benefit of not integrating external costs (apart from a very low CO2 emission cost) Cost of balancing renewables on the island (demand side management, dispatchable production based on biogas/biomass, storage) to be compared to cost of interconnection cable to the mainland
Sustainable energy supply system
4’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw8sWR5uohk 18’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sosx7o3GU88 Website http://green.thisted.dk/?lang=en www.kombikraftwerk.de/fileadmin/Kombikraftwerk_2/English/AEE_Press_Release_Kombikraftwerk2_okt13.pdf
Power flows in 100% scenario
www.kombikraftwerk.de/100-prozent-szenario/das-100-erneuerbare-energien-szenario.html
Sustainable energy system
Sustainable energy system Güssing Austria 2000 - 4000 inhabitants - 6 M€ purchase of fossil
fuels
2012 - 1000 jobs - 50 businesses attracted - 13 M€ of energy
produced from local renewable resources
- promotionactivities worldwide
Reclaiming island self-sufficiency
Keep values local
Go 100 % local sustainable energy supply Use what you already have - Buildings as storage for heat and cold - Daily (organic) waste collection, recycling
Demand side management - Agreements with hotel and restaurant owners, potters, … - Move power station units closer to consumers and valorize leftover heat
Add dispatchable production with benefits - Biogas valorizing organic waste flows, waste water treatment, slaughterhouses,…
Add storage - Improve energy efficiency of buildings - Electric vehicles
Integrate power, heating and cooling and transport
Action Start small Involve citizens Set up citizen cooperative Demonstrate that you mean well Civilization = care for the defenseless Take everybody along Build trust – be transparant Schools are an excellent place combining - buildings that often could use some renovation - authorities that need to save money - contact with future generations and their families - wonderful communication basis for results
Further action Use momentum Create people’s bank? - NewB bank in Belgium “An other bank is possible”
Project went public 2013 First night 10,000 people interested 200,000 € collected By now 47,000 supporters, 2.7 million € collected
- E-banka and Open Source Bank, Croatia Create people’s green energy supplier? Cooperative green energy suppliers all over Europe linking green energy producers with customers - Som Energia, Spain, 2010 (17.000 customers) - Enercoop, France, 2005 (18.000 customers) - EWSchönau, Germany, 1994 (150.000 customers) - Ecopower, Belgium, 1991 (40.000 customers)
More information Greek projects http://omikronproject.gr/ www.136.gr/ www.festival4sce.org/ www.sifnosislandcoop.gr www.agroenergy.coop/ http://diktio-kapa.dos.gr/ www.sxoleiomas.org/eng/ www.mobilisationlab.org/crowdfunding-keeps-kids-warm-in-greece-and-shows-the-way-forward/ www.mobilisationlab.org/in-greece-crowdfunding-is-more-than-a-fundraising-tool/ www.regions202020.eu/cms/assets/Uploads/Resources/130226-GP-CRES-buildings-schools.pdf
More information International www.folkecenter.net/gb/news/world/windturbines-can-finance-harbourexpansion/ www.folkecenter.net/mediafiles/folkecenter/pdf/Wind-Energy-as-a-Lever-for-Local-Development-in-Peripheral-Regions.pdf http://blog.rmi.org/blog_2013_10_08_high-renewables_tomorrow_today_gussing_austria www.solarundspar.de/ www.indiegogo.com/projects/energy-independent-school www.solarschools.org.uk/ www.newb.be www.ebanka.eu/ www.opensourcebank.net/ www.ecopower.be www.middelgrunden.dk http://ews-schoenau.de/footer/international.html www.somenergia.coop/ or http://www.generationkwh.es/ with English translation option
More information on REScoop For more information or contact have a look at www.rescoop.eu or www.facebook.com/pages/REScoopeu/198522540221034 or subscribe to our news alert Dirk Knapen [email protected] +32 475 86 01 64 www.rescoop.be http://remida-besmart.com/ http://communitypower.eu/ http://citizenergy.eu/ http://seynetwork.eu/ or https://www.facebook.com/groups/249133045276131/ www.sustainableislands.eu/ www.islepact.eu/ http://wisepower-project.eu/ www.go100percent.org 100% renewable energy communities www.renewable-world.org/ tackling poverty through renewable energy
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