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Hepburn Wind

• First wind farm in Australia builtfor, and by the community

• 2 turbines to ‘ power the town ’

• Think global, generate local

• ~1900 members contributed$9.6m already ($13.5m total)

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Community Energy

• Denmark pioneers

• UK, US, Germany, Canada

• Unites across political divisions

• Solar Parks with smart grid

• Gigawatt potential

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Challenges

• Complex business and technology

• No turbine supplier would talk to us at the beginning

• Raising capital

• Regulatory

• Objectors

• Grid bias against community and renewable energy

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Pioneers

• Came from desire to takepositive action, not debateendlessly

• Surprised by community’

snegative reaction to another,commercial wind farm proposal

• Formation of theHepburn Renewable Energy

Association

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Settlers

• street stalls

• bus tours

• events

• house visits

➡ community scale

➡ active listening

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Loud and proud…

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Geotechnical & cultural heritage studies

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Ground-breaking ceremony — 8 October 2010

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Community benefits from Hepburn Wind

• Pride

• Jobs and knowledge in renewable energy: local and regional

• $1m+ to Community Fund

• Rates to Shire

• Dividends

• Benefit sharing with neighbours

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Tower Construction — Portland

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Electrical equipment — Benalla, Sunshine and Adelaide

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Placement

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Per Bernard — founder of Hepburn Wind

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MPCCC agreement says Yes to renewables

• New independent agencies

• $23 price plus substantial RE funding, policy

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation $10 billion, Australian Renewable Energy Authority $3.2 billion, Low Carbon Communities ~ $1 billion, coal industrytransition $200 million, Remote Indigenous Energy $40 million

• 100% renewable energy planning: Australian Energy Market Operator

• Smart Grid

• Close 2000 MW coal in 8 years from 2012

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