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UK Community Wind 2016
Jelte Harnmeijer
Renewables Fellow, James Hutton Institute Founding Partner, Scene Consulting
Carbon Finance, University of Edinburgh
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Overview • UK Community Renewables o Cross-section o Select case studies
• Present Risk Landscape • Conclusion
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Overview • UK Community Renewables o Cross-section o Select case studies
• Present Risk Landscape • Conclusion
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Wales
England
NorthernIreland
Scotland6.5 GW3.01.5
Current deployment
Total estimated capacity:
1.5 GW
(79 %)
1 GW
(77 %)
(67 %)4 GW
(62 %)
2 GW
(69 %)
Untapped potential8.5 GW
UKOnshoreRenewables
Harnmeijer(2012)
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1.5
Current deployment
Total estimated capacity:
(62 %)
Untapped potential
(% of total capacity)
Commercial & Industrial
Community
4 GW
6.5 GW3.0
Scotland Onshore
< 4%
> 96%
4 GW
(62 %)
}
Sco;shOnshoreRenewables
Harnmeijer(2012)
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1.5
Current deployment
Total estimated capacity:
Untapped potential
Commercial & Industrial
Community
6.5 GW3.0
Scotland Onshore
German Onshore
Danish Off- & On-shore
}
EuropeanRenewablescompared
Harnmeijer(2012)
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Middelgrunden Wind Farm, Denmark
Local Ownership: 100%
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Whitelee Wind Farm, Scotland
Local Ownership: 0%
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A. Project Ownership Whole Partial
B. Investment Source for Community Stake
Community Body Includes Local Development Organisations such as Development Trusts
Community-led projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with local development organisations Joint Ventures
Individuals Includes Co-operatives of all kinds
Wholly cooperatively-owned projects Wholly crowd-funded projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with co-operatives
�CommunityRenewables�TowardsanoperaAonaldefiniAon
Slee&Harnmeijer(inpress)
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A. Project Ownership Whole Partial
B. Investment Source for Community Stake
Community Body Includes Local Development Organisations such as Development Trusts
Community-led projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with local development organisations Joint Ventures
Individuals Includes Co-operatives of all kinds
Wholly cooperatively-owned projects Wholly crowd-funded projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with co-operatives
�CommunityRenewables�TowardsanoperaAonaldefiniAon
Slee&Harnmeijer(inpress)
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A. Project Ownership Whole Partial
B. Investment Source for Community Stake
Community Body Includes Local Development Organisations such as Development Trusts
Community-led projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with local development organisations Joint Ventures
Individuals Includes Co-operatives of all kinds
Wholly cooperatively-owned projects Wholly crowd-funded projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with co-operatives
�CommunityRenewables�TowardsanoperaAonaldefiniAon
Slee&Harnmeijer(inpress)
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A. Project Ownership Whole Partial
B. Investment Source for Community Stake
Community Body Includes Local Development Organisations such as Development Trusts
Community-led projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with local development organisations Joint Ventures
Individuals Includes Co-operatives of all kinds
Wholly cooperatively-owned projects Wholly crowd-funded projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with co-operatives
�CommunityRenewables�TowardsanoperaAonaldefiniAon
Slee&Harnmeijer(inpress)
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A. Project Ownership Whole Partial
B. Investment Source for Community Stake
Community Body Includes Local Development Organisations such as Development Trusts
Community-led projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with local development organisations Joint Ventures
Individuals Includes Co-operatives of all kinds
Wholly cooperatively-owned projects Wholly crowd-funded projects
Revenue-sharing arrangements with co-operatives
�CommunityRenewables�TowardsanoperaAonaldefiniAon
Slee&Harnmeijer(inpress)
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Cross-section through UK Community Renewables
hDp://energyarchipelago.com
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“Was there opposition in your community?”
Harnmeijer (2013)
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• Communityprojectownershiphelpsovercomepublic
opposiAonfacingrenewableenergydevelopmentsuchas
wind-farms,thusadvancingitsuptake(Rogersetal.,2008);
Benefits
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Wholly-Owned by Community
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All technologies Onshore wind
73%
97%
86%
66%
86%
Scene (unpublished, 2014)
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Harnmeijer et al. (2012)
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How do you spend or plan to spend your community renewables revenue?
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UK Community Renewables are growing at ~30% per year
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Community Sector
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UK Community Renewables are growing at ~30% per year
Harnmeijeretal.(2013)
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“Why does your community engage with renewable energy?”
Scene (2012)
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• CommuniAespresentapotenAalsourceofinvestmentinthe
renewableenergysector(Hainetal.,2005;KelleD,2007).
Benefits
Project name Technology Scale (kW) Date share raise commenced ProjectedIRR
Braemar Hydro 100 May-15 5.0
Bristol (2) Solar 180 Dec-13 4.0
Bury Hydro 75 Feb-15 4.7
Corwen Hydro 42 Feb-15 4.8
Dingwall Wind 250 Sep-13 6.5
Garmony Hydro 400 Nov-13 4.0
Harlaw Hydro 65 Apr-13 5.0
Heartland Wind 500 2015 7.0
High Winds Wind 4600 2014 6.0
Islay Energy Wind 330 Jan-14 4.0
Liverpool Solar 50 Mar-15 4.7
Ludlow Hydro 30 Feb-15 5.5
New Leaf Solar 250 Mar-15 5.0
NICE Solar 50 Mar-15 4.0
Pomona Solar 1000 Mar-15 6.1
Sunart Hydro 100 Oct-14 4.0
Urras Wind 1800 Oct-14 6.0
Wester Derry Wind 250 Apr-14 7.0
Whalley Hydro 100 Nov-13 3.0
Selection of recent community energy share
raises
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Communityinvolvement
Developerpartners
Renewablesacceptance & enthusiasm
Energy efficiency anddemand-reduction gains
Revenuegeneration
Lowerdevelopment
risk
Revenuegeneration
Renewableseconomy
Benefits summary: ‘synergy’
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Fintry Community
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Gigha Community
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South Uist Community
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Tiree Community
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Neilston Community
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Overview • UK Community Renewables o Cross-section o Select case studies
• Present Risk Landscape • Conclusion
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DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
A stylised renewables development pathway
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Industry-widebottlenecks
‘Saturation’(wind)
Coordinatedopposition (wind)
Transmission-& substationconstraints
Policy uncertainty(e.g. May 2015 UKelections; post-2020 subsidies & targets){
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
Current bottlenecks faced across the Renewables Industry
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Industry-widebottlenecks
‘Saturation’(wind)
Coordinatedopposition (wind)
Transmission-& substationconstraints
Policy uncertainty(e.g. May 2015 UKelections; post-2020 subsidies & targets){
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
Holyrood
Westminster
Bruxelles
Policyambit{
Current bottlenecks faced across the Renewables Industry
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Industry-widebottlenecks
‘Saturation’(wind)
Coordinatedopposition (wind)
Transmission-& substationconstraints
Policy uncertainty(e.g. May 2015 UKelections; post-2020 subsidies & targets){
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
✓
✓
✓
✓Holyrood
Westminster
Bruxelles
Policyambit{
Current bottlenecks faced across the Renewables Industry
Mapped on to relevant ‘policy ambit’
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Policy shock
Technology Anaerobic Digestion
Hydro (run-of-river) Solar PV Wind
(onshore) RO
termination date
Closure brought forward
Closure brought forward
CfD auction no. 2
Postponed, possibly cancelled
Postponed, possibly cancelled
Postponed, possibly cancelled
Postponed, possibly cancelled
FiT pre-accreditation Removed Removed Removed Removed
FiT rates Consultation expected late
2015
Curtailed, and may be
removed, as of January
2016
Curtailed, and may be removed, as of January
2016
Curtailed, and may be removed, as of January
2016
Recent policy shocks
Renewable electricity policy shocks following 18 June 2015
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Recent policy shocks
UK Feed-in Tariff cuts
Band Before Consultation Decision Reduction(kW) (p/kWh) (p/kWh) (p/kWh) (%)0–50 13.73 8.61 8.54 3850–100 13.73 4.52 8.54 38100–500 5.89 4.52 5.46 7500–1500 5.89 4.52 5.46 71500–5000 2.49 0 0.86 65
Technology
Wind(onshore)
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DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
A stylised renewables development pathway
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Community-specific
bottlenecks{
Socioeconomicbenefits not amaterial consideration
Limited awareness(still) of theopportunities
State aidrules
FCA restrictionson tax-relieffor communityshare issues
Lack of:- In-house expertise- Land control
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
Current bottlenecks facing the Community Sector specifically
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Community-specific
bottlenecks{
Socioeconomicbenefits not amaterial consideration
Limited awareness(still) of theopportunities
State aidrules
FCA restrictionson tax-relieffor communityshare issues
Lack of:- In-house expertise- Land control
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
✓
✓
✓
✓ ✓Holyrood
Westminster
Bruxelles
Policyambit{
Current bottlenecks facing the Community Sector specifically
Mapped on to relevant ‘policy ambit’
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Industry-widebottlenecks
‘Saturation’(wind)
Coordinatedopposition (wind)
Transmission-& substationconstraints
Policy uncertainty(e.g. May 2015 UKelections; post-2020 subsidies & targets){
Community-specific
bottlenecks{
Socioeconomicbenefits not amaterial consideration
Limited awareness(still) of theopportunities
State aidrules
FCA restrictionson tax-relieffor communityshare issues
Lack of:- In-house expertise- Land control
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
All bottlenecks facing the Community Sector
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✓
✓
✓
✓ ✓
✓
✓
✓
✓Holyrood
Westminster
Bruxelles
Policyambit{
Industry-widebottlenecks
‘Saturation’(wind)
Coordinatedopposition (wind)
Transmission-& substationconstraints
Policy uncertainty(e.g. May 2015 UKelections; post-2020 subsidies & targets){
Community-specific
bottlenecks{
Socioeconomicbenefits not amaterial consideration
Limited awareness(still) of theopportunities
State aidrules
FCA restrictionson tax-relieffor communityshare issues
Lack of:- In-house expertise- Land control
DevelopmentPhase { Inception Feasibility Pre-Planning Planning Grid Finance Build Operate Decommission
All bottlenecks facing the Community Sector
Mapped on to relevant ‘policy ambit’
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Overview • ‘Community Renewables’ o What is it? o Who cares?
• Present Risk Landscape
• Conclusion
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Conclusion
Until recently, UK community wind energy was growing rapidly (±30% / yr). Partnership arrangements, in particular, were adding capacity rapidly. Recently policy announcements have effectively stalled developments, with most projects stalled or abandoned.
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Further Inspiration
• Harnmeijer, J. et al. (2012). Towards a global database of community-led renewable energy. Regions, 287(3), 16–18.
• Harnmeijer, J. et al. (2013). The Community Renewables Economy. ResPublica / RenewableUK.
• Haggett, C., Creamer, E., Harnmeijer, J., Parsons, M., & Bomberg, E. (2013). Community Energy in Scotland: the Social Factors for Success. ClimateXChange / Scottish Government.
• Other community renewables papers available at:
http://www.sceneconsulting.com/library