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Power for People (to sell locally generated renewable energy to local people)

AncientMariner
I am both a County Councillor and a Community Councillor.


Recently an organisation Power for People have asked our Community Council to support the Local Electricity Bill. This would enable Parish, Town or Community Councils to set up their own energy companies to sell locally generated renewable energy to local people.  http://www.hawardencommunitycouncil.gov.uk/Hawarden-CC/UserFiles/Files/Item%209%20Local%20Electricity%20Bill.pdf


Whilst I can accept and understand that if our Community Council wished to install solar panels on our office (it is based in a small bungalow) we could sell the surplus electricity produced. However that would be into the network. It would, no doubt, be an interesting calculation to prove that this surplus electricity was actually consumed locally. The only other option would be to have our own network of distribution cables !


Or has the Director of the organisation who sent the email misunderstood how surplus electricity is sold?  Certainly a council could sell waste heat. in the form of steam or hot water produced by a waste incinerator for local housing or perhaps a sports complex (I am thinking of a swimming pool etc) but for either there would have to be arrangements if no heat or too much available.


Clive
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    Reality check.


    What should happen is the Western link HVDC should bring electricity from Scotland, a area of low demand but potential for generation to Connah Quay on Clive’s doorstep.


    Then the new Iceland to Scotland HVDC  interconnecter using cable built in the North East of England can feed into the system.


    So massive amounts of clean electricity can be delivered to Clive’s doorstep from Scotland and Iceland.


    The new Transatlantic cable from Iceland to Scotland however may not be built in the UK due to lack of government support, the Germans are encouraging those involved to build the new cable factory in Germany with the possibility of adding an additional order for German interconnecter cables two and a half times longer than the Iceland to Scotland cable taking the initial orders up to around two and a half thousand miles of cable.


    Meanwhile members of the UK Government are messing about with a bit of legislation that proposes local generation in towns without any provision to get the electricity the few miles from one side of the town to the other.


    A fanciful idea with no substance.


    Andy Betteridge
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    Reality check.


    What should happen is the Western link HVDC should bring electricity from Scotland, a area of low demand but potential for generation to Connah Quay on Clive’s doorstep.


    Then the new Iceland to Scotland HVDC  interconnecter using cable built in the North East of England can feed into the system.


    So massive amounts of clean electricity can be delivered to Clive’s doorstep from Scotland and Iceland.


    The new Transatlantic cable from Iceland to Scotland however may not be built in the UK due to lack of government support, the Germans are encouraging those involved to build the new cable factory in Germany with the possibility of adding an additional order for German interconnecter cables two and a half times longer than the Iceland to Scotland cable taking the initial orders up to around two and a half thousand miles of cable.


    Meanwhile members of the UK Government are messing about with a bit of legislation that proposes local generation in towns without any provision to get the electricity the few miles from one side of the town to the other.


    A fanciful idea with no substance.


    Andy Betteridge
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