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Community energy
- Benefits of community energy projects
- History of community energy
- Community energy in Australia
- Community energy in Europe
- Community energy in the United Kingdom
- Community energy in North America
- Community energy in Japan
- Community energy in the developing world
Community
Energy overview
Establishing a project
- Key steps in developing a community energy project
- Determining project objectives
- Identifying the right resource
- Documenting the concept
- Determining the right legal structure
- Governance
- Funding and finance
- Funding the early stages of projects
- Developing the financial model for the project
- Building the business case
- Business case template
- Raising capital
- Investor survey template
- Developing the offer document, prospectus or product disclosure statement
- Marketing to raise capital
- Raising debt — what banks look for
- Debt arrangements
- Grants and government funding options
- Financial modelling
- Communication and promotion
Developing a community wind farm
- Overview of community wind farm development
- Managing risk
- Pre-feasibility
- Wind monitoring
- Feasibility
- Detailed assessment and development
- Engaging specialists for environmental and technical studies
- Wind farm layout design
- Cultural heritage
- Visual impact assessment
- Shadow flicker
- Noise assessment
- Flora and fauna study
- Electromagnetic interference assessment
- Aeronautical assessment
- Geotechnical assessment
- Environmental management plan
- Water resource assessment
- Socio-economic assessment
- Traffic management plan
- Community engagement
- Planning application
- Finalising contracts
- Wind farm reference articles
Establishing a bulk-buy program
- Introduction to bulk-buy programs
- Setting up a bulk-buy program
- Choosing a bulk-buy product
- Promoting your bulk-buy program
- Managing risks of a bulk-buy program
- Financial help for bulk-buy programs
Developing a bioenergy project
Developing a solar project
- Solar project basics
- Getting started with a solar project
- Pre-feasibility investigations
- Have you got a solar idea?
Case studies
- Wind farm projects
- Hepburn Community Wind Park Co-operative
- Hepburn Wind Chronology
- Canada — Pukwis Community Wind Park
- Canada — Toronto Urban Turbine
- Denmark — Middelgrunden Wind Turbine Co-operative
- Sweden — Swedish Wind Power Co-operative
- United States — Minwind I–IX Wind Farms
- UK — Baywind Co-operative
- Germany — Hollich Citizen’s Wind Farm
- Solar projects
- Bioenergy projects
- Mini hydro projects
- Bulk buy programs
- Community groups
- Investment models
