World Wind Energy Association Uniting the World of Wind Energy

www.wwindea.org

WWEAs Community Power activities: WWEC2008 Community Power in Kingston, Canada => first FIT legislation in North America WWEC2012 Community Power Citizens Power in Bonn (WWEC2014 Shanghai: Distributed Wind Power Working Group on Community Power was established in 2010 with members from all continents Lobbying Governments and international organisations
Stefan Gsnger
Fukushima, 1 February 2014

World Wind Energy Association Uniting the World of Wind Energy

www.wwindea.org

WWEAs Definition of Community Power

Community Power can be defined by any combination of two of the following three elements: Local stakeholders own the majority or all of a project A local individual or a group of local stakeholders, whether they are farmers, cooperatives, independent power producers, financial institutions, municipalities, schools, etc., own, immediately or eventually, the majority or all of a project. Voting control rests with the community-based organization A community-based organization made up of local stakeholders has the majority of the voting rights concerning the decisions taken on the project. The majority of social and economic benefits are distributed locally The major part or all of the social and economic benefits are returned to the local community.

There is a broad variety of different legal and economic forms of community power.
Stefan Gsnger
Community Wind Power in the World

Fukushima, 1 February 2014

World Wind Energy Association Uniting the World of Wind Energy

www.wwindea.org

IRENAs Proposed Coalition for Social Acceptance was converted into

Stefan Gsnger

Fukushima, 1 February 2014