Transcript Community Power

Economic Advantages of
Community Power
Khlaire Parré, MA, PMP
Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
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Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
• Member-based non-profit
– Represents > 75 community organizations
involved in developing green power projects
• Represented interests:
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Community co-ops and non-profits
Municipalities
Farmers and rural land owners
First Nations
Locally owned projects (developers, suppliers,
installers)
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What is Community Power?
• Locally owned (wholly or substantially)
Renewable Energy generation projects
• Optimizes local benefits (social, economic
and environmental)
• Commercial-scale (enough energy to sell
back to the grid)
• Accessible, open participation
• Democratically controlled (1 vote/person)
• Financially viable (positive Rate of Return)
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Economic Benefits
of Community Power
Community Power is a proven economic
model
– Stabilizes long term energy prices
– Creates jobs
– Contributes to a culture of energy
conservation
(U.S. Research Project - Iowa Policy Project)
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Local Community Benefits
• Locally Owned Community Power Projects:
– Generate 5-10 times the local benefits than the
traditional, centralized energy generation model
(Iowa Policy Project )
• Traditional, centralized energy generation
model
– 75-90 cents of every dollar spent on energy
leaves the local economy
(U.S. Dept. of Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute)
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An Emerging Economic
Development Opportunity
Operation of wind turbines employs more
people than the traditional energy model:
– 27% more jobs than coal plants
– 66% more jobs than natural gas plants
(New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)
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Jobs: Germany
•Generates $240 billion in annual revenue
•Germany’s Renewable Energy sector
employs 250,000 people
•Germany is expected to provide more green
jobs than the U.S. auto industry employs by
2020
(United Nations Energy Partnership and Germany’s Federal Minister of
the Environment)
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Jobs: Denmark
• World market leader for wind turbine manufacturing
– Produce > ½ of the world’s wind turbines
– Export rate of 90%
• Generate $7 billion annually
– Defined by World Bank as a “high income economy”
– Ninth in ‘Quality of Life’ Index
• (U.S. = 13th, Canada = 14th)
• Employ 20,000 people in Renewable Energy sector
– with a population of < NYC
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Jobs: Global Market
• Global Renewable Energy (RE) sector employs
2.3 million people
• 300,000 employed in wind power
• 170,000 in solar PV (photovoltaic/energy generating)
• 600,000 in solar thermal
• 1.2 million are employed in biomass
– Brazil, U.S., Germany and China
• 2030 Global RE employment projection
– 2.1 million jobs in wind
– 6.3 million jobs in solar
(Worldwatch Institute and United Nations Energy Partnership)
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Communities Drive Renewable Energy
Community-Owned Wind Turbines in Europe
Farmer Community Corporate
Germany
10%
40%
50%
Denmark
64%
24%
12%
Netherlands
60%
5%
35%
Spain
0%
0%
100%
Great Britain
1%
1%
98%
Minnesota
31%
69%
Ontario
<1%
>99%
Source: NL,D,DK,ES,GB: Dave Toke, University of
Birmingham, 2005, updated to Toke 2008
Source: Minnesota: Windustry, 2008
Source: Ontario: OSEA, 2008
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Economic Development Potential
for Canada
Wind energy projects create new jobs in
manufacturing, transportation and
construction
Industry Canada states that by 2012
• 13,000 green jobs
• $10 Billion in revenues
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Economic Development Potential
for Ontario
Current state of the industry in Ontario:
• Turbine tower (Exhibition Place) was made in Ajax
• New solar/silicon manufacturing plant in Vaughan
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Most of the employees are former auto workers
• Land Leasing ($2-5K/yr/turbine)
• Community Power - Local Renewable Energy project
ownership:
• First Nations
• Co-operatives
• Local land owners
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Economic Development Potential
for Ontario
Ontario’s Potential Renewable Energy
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30,000 MW Offshore Wind
25,000 MW Onshore Wind
5,000 MW Medium/Micro Hydro
5,000 MW Small Hydro, Solar, Biogas
TOTAL Potential: 65,000 Megawatts
• With a comparable wind resource to
Ontario, Germany already has 31,000 MW
of installed capacity
Summary
• Renewable Energy creates a strong
case for economic development
– Canada’s potential by 2012
• 13,000 jobs
• $10 billion in revenue
– Ontario’s potential
• 65,000 megawatts
• Economic benefits can be kept locally
through Community Power projects….
Ask OSEA how to get started !
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Thank you
For more information contact:
Khlaire Parré, MA, PMP
Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
416-977-4441 x 25
[email protected]
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