Global Best Practices & Opportunities For Turkey

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP of RENEWABLE ENERGY

Mümtaz Derya TarhanJune 28,2013

Alternative Ownership Models

Ownership of renewable energy systems by local shareholders

Ownership Models Co-operatives Local Governments Civil society organizations Local schools, faith buildings, community buildings… Individual Owners/Farmers Partnerships between these actors

LOCAL NEEDS, LOCAL SOLUTIONS

Benefits of Local Ownership

Local Economic Activity

50% of all economic activity returns directly to the pockets of owners (2 MW wind project, Germany)

Resources that stay in the community are five-fold compared to outside-owned projects (1 MW wind project, Iowa)

Benefits of Local Ownership

Job Creation

Community projects generate 1.1 to 1.3 times more construction, and 1.1 to 2.8 times more operations & maintenance jobs than outside-owned ones (Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota, U.S.A.)

In Ontario, community projects are expected to

generate 47% more jobs for wind and 50% for solar compared to outside-owned ones for the next 20 years

Renewable Energy Co-operatives

Shared ownership: Direct stake in the energy sector Shared costs: Lower personal financial

burden Shared benefits: Sense of belonging,

community

Democratic governance Participatory decision-making One member one vote principle

RE Co-ops Around the World

Denmark Over 100 wind co-ops 3/4 of country’s windmills with 3,000 owned 150,000 families are members

Germany 600 renewable energy co-operatives 80,000 citizens are members As of Spring 2012 total of 800m Euros

invested for 290,000 MWh of power

Westmill Solar Co-operative

5 MW solar ground

England, UK

£4m raised

1650 members

Green Energy Nyland

15 kW solar on local school’s rooftop

Suffolk, England

£37,900 34

members

WindShare Co-operative

750 kW wind

Toronto, Canada

Joint Venture with Toronto Hydro

First urban wind turbine in North America

600 members

West Java Hydro Co-operatives

Villages in West Java, Indonesia

Micro hydro systems owned and operated locally

Rural electrification / protection from coal

Other Types of Co-ops in the Sector

Ecopower Co-op in Belgium 43,000 members

including producers and consumers

Energy co-ops purchasing their local grids i.e. Feldheim, Germany

900 Rural Electric Co-ops in U.S. 47 states, 42 million

member/customers

Mount Pleasant Solar Co-op in Washington DC

Utility Co-operatives Collective Purchasing

Local Governments & Co-ops

Local governments are/should be best aware of the local population’s; energy, economic, social and environmental needs/assets

This puts them in an ideal position to partner with the local population in energy projects through co-ops

Local Government Projects in Turkey

Köprübaşı, Manisa ‘‘Dripping Sun’’ solar-

powered irrigation system

Reversed outward migration

Akbıyık Village in Bursa Wind project to fight

energy poverty

Local Government Projects in Turkey

Gürsu, Bursa Solar project in

local park

Discussion

Where do you see the potential for renewable energy co-operatives in Turkey?

How can Turkey benefit from success models elsewhere?

Local government – co-operative partnerships in Turkey?