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Communities and Renewable Energy: NESC Reflections National Renewable Energy Co-operatives Ireland Conference, October 2018 Dr Jeanne Moore jeanne.moore@nesc.ie
Key Points 1. NESC (2014) Wind Energy: Building Community Engagement and Social Support: Key Components and Recommendations 2. Reflections on Developments 3. RESS- positive framing for communities But raises questions of When? What? How? 4. Conclusions
NESC (2014) Three Components of Social Support for Energy Transitions i. ii. An effective and inclusive process of public participation; and iii. Enabling organisations, and, in particular, intermediary actors. An overarching energy-transition process;
NESC (2014) Recommendations i. The policy framework underpinning engagement should include an energy transition process that is intentional, participative and problem-solving; ii. Tailored policies, supports and structures should be developed to: (1) support local authorities, particularly to develop enhanced community engagement in their forward-planning process; and (2) enable communities, through a Community Energy Strategy, to contribute to the energy transition process; iii. Participatory processes of community engagement should be required for all wind-energy developments;
Recommendations (Cont.) iv. The substantive agenda around which engagement will occur should be shaped with communities and include a range of renewable-energy and energy-efficiency possibilities, as well as local value-sharing mechanisms (from community benefit to community ownership); v. Renewable-energy intermediary actors should be certified and resourced to enable and facilitate the energy transition at a local level but also help to achieve community settlements; and vi. A key central-level agency (such as SEAI) should be tasked to provide a learning network to which locally negotiated plans and settlements would be linked.
Communities, Ownership and Renewable Energy: Reflections on Developments Energy transition process neither smooth or linear Policy framing more focused on citizens and communities Energy White Paper RESS Microgeneration Pilot Renewable Energy Directive- prosumers Institutional capacity developing Role of intermediaries deepening Research capacity and insights Developers more proactive on engagement
Community Ownership and RESS Scheme Separate community category in the RESS auction. It is proposed that this ring-fenced capacity would be limited to up to 10% of the second auction (circa 300 GW/hrs) which will be subject to review for future auctions and projects would need to meet community-led criteria to qualify. Project supports providing independent financial, legal, technical and project advice funded by both state and private sector funding. DCCAE will work with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU to identify measures to support Community-led projects through the grid connection process. DCCAE will work with industry representative groups and community reps e.g. farm organisations, Irish Rural Link etc. to ensure the detailed model developed works for Irish communities and project developers. Source: DCCAE (2018) RESS High Level Design
When and How? Timing for community category Potential of learning by doing by trialling a community aspect. If communities were included from the outset- what are the benefits and the risks? What would need to be in place? Transition requires engagement, problem- solving, experimentation and learning by doing
Whats Required? Supports Communities will need start up funds, legal, policy guidance. Enabling intermediary actors help with: expertise capacity building facilitation local legitimacy project adaptation. For renewable energy participation must: engage expertise facilitate exploration execute possibilities share value include local economic & social development
Conclusions Increasing policy recognition of role and value of communities in renewable energy Learn by Doing key element of transition- dealing with uncertainty is a key governance challenge Participative and inclusive approaches required Early, tailored supports essential for full community participation
