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Community Energy Cooperatives & Decentralised Generation

Ian Coggan
Any IET members who have specific knowledge on either of these 2 topics, I would love to hear from you.



I am looking to help create a new community owned energy cooperative in my local area, could be an exciting and interesting project to be involved with, its in the very early stages, but every journey starts with a single step...



I thought that the IET would have helpful information for those looking into this area, but perhaps I was wrong or I am looking in the wrong place. If anyone knows of useful website links, please reply below.



www.facebook.com/SpelthorneEnergy

www.twitter.com/SpelthorneE



Regards, Ian Coggan CEng MIET
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    Eliminating or at least lowering subsidies allows the market to operate.  Significant subsidies for renewables provide the wrong signals to investors and as noted earlier increases the cost of electricity to the poorest consumers.  Subsidies for fossil fuels also create problems.


    With respect to climate change and the policy of reducing carbon emissions, which happens to be government policy, it would be resonable to provide the correct market signals.  To do this we need to stop "choosing winners" and apply the same effective carbon price to any source that reduces carbon emission - wind, solar, biogas, nuclear should all be treated the same way with respect to any subsidy or feed-in tariff.


    Set the carbon price, if the government objective is to reduce CO2 emissions, and let he market operate.
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    Eliminating or at least lowering subsidies allows the market to operate.  Significant subsidies for renewables provide the wrong signals to investors and as noted earlier increases the cost of electricity to the poorest consumers.  Subsidies for fossil fuels also create problems.


    With respect to climate change and the policy of reducing carbon emissions, which happens to be government policy, it would be resonable to provide the correct market signals.  To do this we need to stop "choosing winners" and apply the same effective carbon price to any source that reduces carbon emission - wind, solar, biogas, nuclear should all be treated the same way with respect to any subsidy or feed-in tariff.


    Set the carbon price, if the government objective is to reduce CO2 emissions, and let he market operate.
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