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Hepburn Wind
• First wind farm in Australia builtfor, and by the community
• 2 turbines to ‘ power the town ’
• Think global, generate local
• ~1900 members contributed$9.6m already ($13.5m total)
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Community Energy
• Denmark pioneers
• UK, US, Germany, Canada
• Unites across political divisions
• Solar Parks with smart grid
• Gigawatt potential
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Challenges
• Complex business and technology
• No turbine supplier would talk to us at the beginning
• Raising capital
• Regulatory
• Objectors
• Grid bias against community and renewable energy
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Pioneers
• Came from desire to takepositive action, not debateendlessly
• Surprised by community’
snegative reaction to another,commercial wind farm proposal
• Formation of theHepburn Renewable Energy
Association
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Settlers
• street stalls
• bus tours
• events
• house visits
➡ community scale
➡ active listening
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Loud and proud…
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Geotechnical & cultural heritage studies
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Ground-breaking ceremony — 8 October 2010
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Community benefits from Hepburn Wind
• Pride
• Jobs and knowledge in renewable energy: local and regional
• $1m+ to Community Fund
• Rates to Shire
• Dividends
• Benefit sharing with neighbours
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Tower Construction — Portland
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Electrical equipment — Benalla, Sunshine and Adelaide
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Placement
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Per Bernard — founder of Hepburn Wind
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MPCCC agreement says Yes to renewables
• New independent agencies
• $23 price plus substantial RE funding, policy
• Clean Energy Finance Corporation $10 billion, Australian Renewable Energy Authority $3.2 billion, Low Carbon Communities ~ $1 billion, coal industrytransition $200 million, Remote Indigenous Energy $40 million
• 100% renewable energy planning: Australian Energy Market Operator
• Smart Grid
• Close 2000 MW coal in 8 years from 2012
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