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Re-energise - Community energy - Coggle Diagram
Re-energise - Community energy
(Urban) Social Sustainability
Social Justice and Equity
Participation/Democracy
Distributive Access
Control
Racial Justice
Guardian article
Guardian Blacks and Climate Change
Community
Policy
Case studies
RPL
Germany collectives
Wolfhagen story
AWL bristol
Power station lynmouth rd Walthamstow
Systemic change
Approaches
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Solar Punk
Transition Towns
Community Energy
MLP and Complex Adaptive Systems
Urban Political Ecology (UPE)
Energy low-carbon transition
Energy (Urban) FLOWS
Energy Security
Space and Scale
Impediments and Incentives
UK, Developed and Developing
WHY?
Vision of Alternative future
Local value
Reinvesting the dividends of the community energy project in the local economy
community social benefits
Lowers energy costs
Improve energy efficiency via insulation etc
Env value - less CO2
small change still important (Doing good better book)
Energy Security
Engagement and acceptance of need for climate action
Pro-env behaviour change
Drives wider system/regime changes
Alleviate neg impacts of CC on vulnerable populations
System benefits - re grid etc
Grid connection
bottlenecks re renewable energy projects
To help with new digitised energy system
Long-term support for local CE compared to commercial
Business and Economics
The problem
POLICY Not enough (support for) Comm Power initiatives
STRUCTURE Comm Power initiatives are not as good as they should be - not diverse inclusive enough. Not revolutionary enough. Not successful enough.
SOC: Broad problem is lack of social in urban sus development
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Citywide approach too broad - misses local dimension and misses poorer, marginalised groups
ENV: Not enough pace in reduction of energy use and transition to low carbon
ECON/JUST Transition: who benefits from transition to renewables
Increasing Fuel Poverty
infrastructural - systemic injustices
US example
Solutions
More and Better CE
Main arguments for CE
Benefit to energy system - economic, env, and security
Benefit to Environment
Benefit to community
Drives regime/system change/transition
Why urban?
Density => eff of scale and lower distribution costs
.>50% pop urban. Responsible for >XX% of energy related CO2 etc)
Lack of land may restrict local gen capacity
Political (see Webb)
Arguments against CE
Econ - benefits minority, others have to pay
Inefficient - existing system better
Not needed - Happening anyway, Existing sys will deal with it
Business -undermines business/income/profits of incumbents
Not sufficiently radical (Ted Trainer, UPE etc)
Helps change SOCIAL PRACTICES
Why "community"
See Webb - local understanding, trust etc
See Green alliance re system/market benefits of Community led approach
Why energy
Proportion of GHG emissions from energy
Role of Energy Sector
Industry and Business
Northern Powergrid example -supporting CE
(EAC evidence 2021)
Blocking change - see
California example
Issues re connecting new RP gen to the grid - High costs, system can't cope and isn't large enough
Washington Post
US Grid needs to grow by 25%
Trans research