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Some more community renewables organisations

Citizen funded renewable energy projects  EcoGeneration — April 2014

Embark (Aus)

Embark works to shift the community energy sector into the mainstream, as a proven and financially viable model capable of attracting large-scale investment and growing to meet its full potential.

Hepburn Wind (Aus)

Hepburn Wind is the owner and operator of Australia’s first community owned wind farm, at Leonards Hill, just south of Daylesford, Victoria. The 4.1 MW wind farm comprises two turbines and is approximately 100 km north-west of Melbourne.

The Community Power Agency (Aus)

The Community Power Agency was set up to support community groups in navigating the complex process of setting up a community owned renewable energy project.

Ranges Energy (Aus)

Ranges Energy is a community co-operative managed by a volunteer board of directors elected by shareholders. Ranges Energy grew out of a joint initiative of engineer Antony Howard of Sustainability Engineering and the Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association. The project was inspired by similar community energy projects around the world.

Denmark Community Wind Farm (WA, Aus)

Denmark Community Wind Farm Incorporated is a non-profit community group, incorporated in September 2003 to progress legal and financial structures for an organisation to own and operate Denmark’s community wind farm project in Denmark, Western Australia, as a local response to the global challenge of climate change.

Burger Windpark Gehlenberg GmbH and Co KG (Germany)

The Burger Windpark, located in Lower Saxony, Germany, includes 19 turbines each of 1.5 MW capacity and is a successful community owned wind farm. The project was initiated by the local farmers’ association and the manager of the local farmers’ bank, Raiffeisenbank.

RE-volv (US)

RE-volv is building a citizens movement for solar energy by helping people to invest in solar, building solar projects in communities, and educating people about the benefits of solar in the US.http://ecogeneration.com.au/news/citizen_funded_renewable_energy_projects/089762/

October 31, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy