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Local Energy Scotland CarES Conference 5 th March 2014 Sharing the 500MW Target Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Sharing the 500MW Target Welcome Mike Thornton Director, Energy Saving Trust Scotland Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference

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Local Energy Scotland CarES Conference

5th March 2014

Sharing the 500MW Target

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Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Sharing the 500MW Target

Welcome

Mike Thornton Director, Energy Saving Trust Scotland

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Fergus Ewing

Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Sharing the 500MW Target

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Delivering Locally Owned Renewable Energy

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CARES support for locally

  • wned projects

Chris Morris Local Energy Scotland

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Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES)

The Scottish Government’s Is delivered by

Local Energy Scotland is a consortium of

About us

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CARES – supporting communities

  • Advice and support
  • Start up grants up to £10k
  • Access to pre-planning loans

up to £150k with write-off facility

  • Hand-holding and knowledge

sharing

  • Supporting access to REIF
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CARES – supporting rural businesses

  • Advice and support
  • Toolkit to ensure rural business

is an informed buyer

  • Access to pre-planning loans up

to £150k with write-off facility

  • High level of community benefit

payments (£10k/MW)

  • Community benefit guidance

and template agreements.

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CARES – Supporting Innovation

  • Scottish Government’s Infrastructure and Innovation Fund
  • grant scheme that supports innovative solutions to

address barriers that communities face in areas of constrained electricity networks.

  • Funded 12 projects in the last round
  • Next funding round planned for May 14
  • Example - Thermal Storage, Shetland Islands Council

Incorporation of large hot water storage tanks into council buildings. Tanks would be compatible with SSE North Isles New Energy Solutions Active Network Management (the intention of NINES is to stabilise the grid and allow more renewable generation to connect).

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CARES – help & support

  • Phoneline
  • Local Development Officers
  • Website:
  • Case studies
  • Toolkit
  • Finance model & finance

ready checklist

  • Templates, ITTs
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Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Sharing the 500MW Target

Euan Scott

Barra and Vatersay Wind Energy Ltd

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Barra Community Wind Turbine

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A blank canvas?

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Wind Yield

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Monthly average wind speeds at 40m agl during 2009 and 2009 Measured wind speed distribution and best-fit Weibull Curve (2009 data)

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Bird studies

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Archaeology

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Otters

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Access

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Weight and width issues

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Beach Landing

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Bathymetric & Resistivity Tomography

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Ramp

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Access track

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Rock

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Blasting – laying the charges

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Blasting

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Foundation

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Post Pour

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Crofting

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Workflow - steeplechase

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Paper Chase – making it happen

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Programming & work arounds

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Payment Schedule

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Cashflow

  • 10,000

20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

  • 200,000

400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 2,000,000 05/12 09/12 01/13 05/13 09/13 01/14 05/14 09/14 01/15 05/15 09/15 01/16 05/16 09/16 01/17 05/17 09/17 01/18 05/18 09/18 01/19 05/19 09/19 01/20 05/20 09/20 01/21 05/21 09/21 01/22 casflow (C&I) primary axis loans (C&I) secondary axis DSR secondary axis

OHSBAS loan repayment DSR populated CARES loan repayment REIF (qrtly) & Triodos (mthly) C&I payments

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Result - arriving Castlebay

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Barge leaving Castlebay

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Approaching landing ramp

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Waiting for the tide

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So near but so far

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Weather windows

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Finishing Touches

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Demob main crane

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Time for Completion is no later than nine (9) months after payment of Milestone 2 (M2) and provision of the Employer’s bank guarantee, but not earlier than eleven (11) months after contract signature and receipt of the first down payment (M1). But good to go this week.

Commissioning

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Open Day

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Why? Cycle of Belonging (Alastair McIntosh)

..a sequence for reconnecting with place, a cycle which perpetuates itself: When we start to connect with a place, we have the beginnings of "a sense of place“ This gives rise to a sense of identity; Which carries with it a sense of values This generates a sense of responsibility. That final sense of responsibility feeds back into renewing sense of place.

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Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Sharing the 500MW Target

Calum MacDonald

Point and Sandwick Development Trust

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Beinn Ghrideag Community Wind Farm

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Development Charity Owns the Trading Company

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Point and Sandwick Development Trust

  • All Voters in Point and Sandwick are eligible to

join – approx 2,000 eligible

  • Currently 350 members
  • Board composed of:
  • Members
  • 2 Community Councils
  • Sandwick North Grazings Committee
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The Largest Community Wind Farm in the UK

  • Three x 3MW turbines (Enercon E82 E4)
  • 145m to blade tip
  • Will cost £15m to build
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The Beinn Ghrideag Wind Farm

  • 100% Community Owned
  • All profit gift-aided to the development

charity for benefit of whole islands

  • 5 ha, located on Sandwick North common

grazings

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More Local Benefit than From Private Development

  • Higher rent is paid to crofting shareholders

than to the landowner

  • All the profit gift-aided to the Community

Trust

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Comparison of community income from 9MW

Neighbouring Private Wind Farm

  • £6,000 pa/MW to

community fund

  • = £18,000 pa per turbine
  • = £54,000 pa

Beinn Ghrideag Community Wind Farm

  • £110,000 pa/MW in

community profit

  • = £330,000 pa per turbine
  • = £1 million pa
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Example: Trust Commitments 2015-20

  • Bethesda hospice: £50,000 pa
  • Program for people with special needs: £30,000 pa
  • Alcohol and drugs recovery program: £30,000 pa
  • Island arts and culture: £20,000 pa
  • Forestry on in-bye crofts: £40,000 pa
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Our Target for Lewis 2020

  • 10 crofting townships to develop a Beinn

Ghrideag each

  • = 30 community turbines in Lewis
  • = 90MW
  • = £10 million pa community income
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Potential in Scotland

  • 550,000ha of common grazings in the Scottish

Highlands

  • regulated by 508 Grazings Committees
  • If just 10 % of these develops a Beinn Ghrideag

=250 ha =500MW = £50m pa in community income

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Problems You Will Face

1) Funding the early development costs 2) Accessing appropriate technical & legal expertise 3) Funding the construction costs

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Solutions

1) Local Energy Scotland funding 2) Develop long term relationships with legal & technical advisors 3) Use Gov-backed loans to leverage commercial debt: SIB, SIS, GIB, EIB (“debt is cheaper than equity”)

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Example: Beinn Ghrideag Financing

£15 million construction cost

  • Big Lottery - £1m
  • Scottish Investment Bank - £1m
  • Social Investment Scotland loan - £1m
  • Santander Bank - £12m
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Ordeals….

  • Time
  • Money
  • Lawyers (making it ‘bankable’)
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Assets….

  • Solidarity – strength from community
  • Patience – this is for future generations as well

as the present

  • Motivation = determination
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Questions

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Co Coff ffee br break ak

We would love you to join the conversation @localenergysco with #CARES14

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Achieving Local Generation Through Partnerships

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CARES support for joint ventures

Melanie MacRae Local Energy Scotland

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Joint ventures

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CARES – Supporting communities engaging with commercial developments

  • Scottish Governments Community

Benefit Register.

  • Good Practice Principles for

Community Benefits (consultation).

  • Advice to communities
  • Start up grant
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CARES – supporting joint ventures

  • Advice via locally based Development Officers
  • Start up grants (up to £20k) – finance, legal, community

consultation etc.

  • Framework contracts to make it easy to access

professional advice

  • CARES loan to support communities share of

development costs

  • Help support liaison with REIF
  • Work with National Forest Estate to support opportunities

to invest in wind and hydro projects.

  • DECC Community Energy Strategy
  • Community investment toolkit
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Joint ventures case studies

Neilston Community Wind Farm

Ardrishaig Community Trust

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Local Energy Scotland

Local Energy Scotland | Energy Saving Trust | Ocean Point 1 | 94 Ocean Drive | Edinburgh | EH6 6JH

localenergyscotland.org info@localenergyscotland.org 0808 808 2288 Local Development Officers contact details on our website @localenergysco

Contact Us

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Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Sharing the 500MW Target

Richard Lockett

Dingwall Wind Co-Op

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Dingwall Wind Co-op

Richard Lockett – Founder Director

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Project structure

Planning Technical Development Grid connection deposit Knockbain Farm 2011/12

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13% Oversubscribed (£0.97M) 179 Members Average shareholding £4,780 71 less than £1,000 75% within 15 miles of turbine

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Project structure

Planning Technical Development Co-op setup Grid connection deposit Knockbain Farm Dingwall Wind Co-op 2013

SEP

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NOV

Planning Technical Development Grid connection deposit Knockbain Farm Dingwall Wind Co-op

Share offer

2013

OCT

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Dingwall Wind Co-op

Co-op buys the project

2013

DEC

Knockbain Farm

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Dingwall Wind Co-op

Co-op builds the turbine

2014

APR

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Dingwall Wind Co-op

Grid connection

2014

MAY

Grid

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Dingwall Wind Co-op

Income sources

2014

+20

Grid

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Dingwall Wind Co-op

Costs

2014

+20

Grid

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Surplus distributed

2014

+20

Grid Community Fund

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What is a Co-operative Society ?

  • Origins: Fenwick Weavers Society

1769, Rochdale Pioneers 1844

  • Run for the benefit of its members
  • Fair and democratic – one member
  • ne vote
  • Adheres to Co-operative principles
  • Industrial and Provident Society
  • Registered with Financial Conduct

Authority

 Self help and self-responsibility  Opportunities for education  Member economic participation  Honesty and openness  Democracy and equality  Concern for community  Autonomy and independence  Co-operation among co-operatives  Social responsibility

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Joining the co-op

  • Anyone above 16 – including organisations
  • Can buy shares for children
  • Minimum £250
  • Maximum £20,000
  • Projected return – 7.5% before tax relief
  • A long-term investment – 20 yrs
  • Shares cannot be sold
  • Can apply to withdraw from year 3
  • Plan to repay capital from year 5
  • An at-risk investment – no compensation schemes
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Simplified profit and loss

Yr1, base case (low wind)

£ Income Feed-in Tariff + electricity sales 101,000 Running costs Maintenance, insurance, base rent, admin

  • 34,000

Net income 67,000 Depreciation fund to repay members capital

  • 43,000

Remaining funds for distribution 24,000 Community fund 2,000 Additional rent Return to Co-op Members 22,000

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Simplified profit and loss

Yr1, expected case (normal wind)

£ added total Income Feed-in Tariff + electricity sales 101,000 18,000 119,000 Running costs Maintenance, insurance, base rent, admin

  • 34,000
  • 34,000

Net income 67,000 85,000 Depreciation fund to repay members capital

  • 43,000
  • 43,000

Remaining funds for distribution 24,000 42,000 Community fund 2,000 6,000 8,000 Additional rent 6,000 6,000 Return to Co-op Members 22,000 6,000 28,000 3-way split

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Members Projected return (IRR) No EIS EIS Base Case 6.5% 9.8% Expected Case 7.5% 10.9%

Members cashflow investing £1000

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Lessons Learned

  • Lots of demand / interest
  • A good, credible, quality share offer is essential
  • Perception (Reality?) that all £ benefits goes to landowners /

remote developers

  • Good lower risk / lower return option, especially when bank

loan is problematic

  • Co-ops are a good addition to the suite of community energy
  • ptions
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Other Wind Co-ops in Scotland?

  • Kemps Hill, Aberdeenshire
  • Wester Derry, Angus
  • Islay
  • Plus hydro (Harlaw, Garmony)
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Next steps

April 2014 Groundworks start on site when weather permits. May 2014 Completion and commissioning of turbine. July 2014 Official opening, First Co-op AGM, Open Day Spring 2015 First payments to Co-operative Members and Community Fund. Second Co-op AGM.

@DingwallWind

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Andrew Stewart

Marshill Farm South Lanarkshire

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Kelly McIntyre

Fintry Development Trust

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

The Fintry Story

Kelly McIntyre, Project Manager, Fintry Development Trust March 2014

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

History

  • FDT has right to income from one 2.5MW turbine
  • f fifteen at Earlsburn Windfarm
  • ‘Production Sharing Agreement’
  • Income used by FDT for other energy reduction

and sustainability projects

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Our Story - About Fintry

  • Approx 330 households
  • Adult population around 550
  • Primary school, village hall, sports club

(incorporating shop)

  • Most people commute to Glasgow, Edinburgh,

Stirling

  • Not on mains gas
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www.fintrydt.org.uk

The Story

  • Two residents looking at community renewable

possibilities in the local area – 10+ years ago

  • Windfarm developer arrived on the scene
  • Let’s not re-invent the wheel
  • Sums looked good

– Feasibility study commissioned (EST grant)

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

The Story - Negotiation

  • Developer made two offers –

– ‘Community benefit’ payments or Co-operative investment – Both rejected - Wanted something that would benefit community as an entity

  • Goal – make a connection between big renewables

and small, domestic renewables

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

The Story

  • Planning permission obtained
  • How are we going to find £2.5million?
  • Windfarm developer agreed to provide capital

– Has to be paid back at agreed rate of interest

  • Windfarm feeds into grid

– We get 15th share of income minus capital repayments, interest, running costs etc

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

The Story

  • Deal signed

– Construction started Spring 2006 – Windfarm commissioned Dec 2007 – First cheque May 2008 (£140k) – First project delivered to the village Autumn 2008 – Total net income to date £350k

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The Turbine

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Challenges

  • Capital cost for whole village £4 million

– Our income £50k - £100k each year

  • Hard to insulate houses

– At least 50% of the village – Can cost £10k or more per house

  • Government changes

– Grants, loans, RHI, FiT schemes change continuously

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Projects Delivered

  • Domestic energy survey and insulation

– First project – 80% surveyed, 50% able to receive insulation

  • Sports club

– 150kW wood chip boiler replacing oil boiler

  • Micro-renewables scheme

– Over 25% of households now have some form of micro-renewable (from only 3% 3 years ago)

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Projects Delivered

  • Current project aiming to cut energy poverty in the

village by 80% in next three years

  • Fintry Energy Efficient Transport – rural car club

– 36 members, 6 homes have rid themselves of primary and secondary vehicles – Bikes added to scheme 2013 and EV added 2013

  • Fintry Grant Scheme

– Approx 73 small grants of £500-£1000 to householders

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Projects Delivered

  • School Woodland and outdoor activity centre
  • 50+ native variety fruit tree community orchard
  • Community Woodland secured

– Learning and workshop space – Planted 400 native species

  • Community Garden

– Workshop / test bed educational space

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Projects Delivered

– Fintry Car Share Club – ‘Fintry Green Pages’—local business directory – Outreach (Film, visits, talks, etc.) – Carbon Cutter Police

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Activities

  • Income from turbine so far £350,000
  • We also apply for grants from other sources eg

Climate Challenge Fund and Big Lottery

  • Currently have a staff of four funded by Climate

Challenge Fund until April 2015

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

Problems

  • Income is ‘lumpy’ – depends on wind throughout

the year and electricity prices

  • Community pressures –

– How money is spent – Exposure

  • Community capacity

– Less of a problem with staff

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www.fintrydt.org.uk

(Fintry Renewable Energy Show) – 2nd & 3rd of May 2014

Guest Speaker - Werner Frohwitter - Feldheim Host/MC - Lesley Riddoch

* Land - Maitland Mackie * Energy - Richard Thorne - Garmony - Mull * Transport - Glenn Bennet – EAE * Food - Neil Forbes - Scottish chef of the year

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Workshop A: Working towards finance Conference suite, 3rd floor Workshop B: Community benefits Orangebox Gallery, breakout area, 5th floor Workshop C: Opportunities on the Forestry Estate Orangebox Gallery, 5th floor Workshop D: Lessons shared Conference suite, breakout area, 3rd floor

Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference

13:00 Optional lunchtime seminar – Orangebox Gallery The social and economic impacts

  • f community

wind energy.

Workshop sessions from 13:30

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CARES Conference 2014 Socio-economic impacts Community-owned wind turbines Tiree & Udny experiences

Garth Entwistle Gilmorton Rural Development Chair: Udny Community Wind Turbine Co.Ltd.

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2013 Survey of impacts Grampian Housing Association

  • GHA (+ other H A’s ) keen to:
  • Understand economic impact of renewable

energy developed in partnership with local communities – and in conjunction with social housing Aim is to lobby government for support – of all

  • kinds. Financial, planning, local council support.

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Socio-economic Survey

Tiree

  • West Coast ,fragile, island

economy

  • Agriculture, Tourism, Public

Services, Construction & Haulage

  • Population: 720
  • Turbine commissioned 2010

Udny

  • East Coast, mainland, close

to Oil & Gas centre- Aberdeen.

  • Full employment – various

activities.

  • Oil & Gas v. important
  • Population: 2,500
  • Turbine commissioned 2011

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Performance (I)

Tiree

  • 900 kW Enercon E44
  • Av. Wind utilisation

45%

  • Annual surplus

£250,000

  • (70) grants awarded 2011 & 2012
  • Grants contributed approx. 24% of

project costs (average)

Udny

  • 800kW E48
  • 30%
  • £100,000
  • (23) in 2012
  • 42%

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Performance (II)

  • Renewable energy grants - Key to the

leveraging out of additional sums

  • Key / Critical
  • Every £100,000 grant supports:
  • - Tiree - £400,000 of activity
  • - Udny - £250,000 of activity

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Performance (III) - Tiree

  • Project activities supports key industries on

Tiree – agriculture, tourism, recreation.

  • Activities maintain, develop, safeguard wide

range of services available in Tiree

  • Activities make a considerable contribution to

the economic & social life on Tiree

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Performance (IV) - Udny

  • Impacts are growing & widely appreciated
  • Significant impact on the maintenance of

cultural heritage & local facilities

  • Making a real difference to the quality of life

in and around Udny

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Focus of activity (Project Values) Tiree

  • Business Development
  • £316,000
  • Cultural Heritage
  • £84,000
  • Health & Well-being
  • £82,000
  • Quality of Life
  • £8,000

Udny

  • Cultural Heritage/facilities
  • £90,000
  • Health & Well-being
  • £13,000
  • Quality of Life
  • £23,000

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Projects – Business Development

  • Discover Tiree – new web-site & app.
  • - Project: £16,000 Grant: £10,000 (63%)
  • Tiree Rural Centre – Upgrade & refurbishment
  • - Project: £150,000 Grant: £21,000 (18%)
  • Tiree Community Business – centre purchase
  • - Project £150,000 Grant: £27,000 (18%)

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Projects – Cultural Heritage / Facilities

  • Tiree Tapestry Group – materials / equipment
  • - Project: £4,000

Grant: £ 4,000 (100%)

  • Tiree Maritime Trust – Boat Shed (4) boats
  • - Project: £80,000 Grant: £22,000 ( 27%)
  • Udny Church – Renovation of key features
  • - Project: £28,000 Grant: £ 6,000 (20%)
  • Udny Station Community Centre – PV panels
  • - Project: £22,000 Grant: £ 4,500 (20%)

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Projects – Health & Well-being

  • Tiree Lunch Club – retention of activities
  • - Project: £72,000 Grant: £13,530 ( 19%)
  • Curam Thiriodh – Care in the Tiree community
  • - Project: £10,000 Grant: £8,000 ( 81%)
  • Udny First Responders – vehicle upgrade
  • - Project £5,000

Grant: £5,000 (100%)

  • Udny Community Pharmacy – planning
  • - Project £8,200

Grant: £ 4,000 ( 49%)

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Projects – Quality of Life

  • Tiree Youth Work Week – various activities
  • - Project: £3,000

Grant: £3,000 (100%)

  • Tiree Tots – equipment
  • - Project: £2,500

Grant: £600 ( 23%)

  • 1st Udny Ranger Guides – camping equipment
  • - Project: £500 Grant: £500

(100%)

  • Pitmedden Music Festival – underwriting costs
  • - Project: £10,344

Grant: £9,135 ( 88%)

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Economic Impacts (I)

  • Employment created:
  • - Tiree – (4) full-time + (3) part time posts
  • Considerable achievement within a fragile

economy

  • Udny – (3) part-time posts with additional

posts expected as activity increases

  • Tiree – significant impact on economic actvity
  • Udny – significant impact on quality of life

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Economic Impacts (II)

  • Multiplier effects uncertain
  • - much expenditure on good & service – from
  • utside area
  • - some local expenditure
  • Maintenance / Development / Safeguarding
  • activity

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Recommendations (I)

  • Future returns -community wind – shrinking
  • FiT payments are degressing (reducing)
  • FiT registration

current payments

  • - to 30th Nov. 2012

11.01 p/kWhr

  • - to 31st March 2014

10.05 p/kWhr

  • - to 31st March 2015

7.83 p/kWhr

  • further 10% degression expected October 1st

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Recommendations (II)

  • Pre-accredit projects before 1st Oct
  • - need: planning permission / grid connection
  • Returns beyond 1st October remain positive

but much less attractive

  • £50,000 pa forecasts on good sites
  • Is that sufficient ??

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Workshop A: Working towards finance Conference suite, 3rd floor Workshop B: Community benefits Orangebox Gallery, breakout area, 5th floor Workshop C: Opportunities on the Forestry Estate Orangebox Gallery, 5th floor (main venue) Workshop D: Lessons shared Conference suite, breakout area, 3rd floor

Local Energy Scotland CARES Conference Workshop Locations

Workshop sessions from 13:30

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Local Energy Scotland CarES Conference

5th March 2014

Sharing the 500MW Target

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