Community PowerIrelands First Community Owned Licensed Supply Company

Presented by :John Fogarty

Templederry Renewable Energy Supply Ltd t/a Community Power

Email: john@communitypower.ie

Our Story

• Community Power is Ireland’s first Community Owned Licensed Electricity Supplier

• We buy electricity and we sell electricity

• We grew out of Irelands first Community Owned Windfarm, Templederry Wind Farm in Co. Tipperary

Our mission

We intend to develop and supply clean renewable power acrossIreland, developed by the people for the people

We are supporting communities around Ireland to develop their ownrenewable energy solutions

We want the many benefits of generating renewable power to beshared by the people and communities of Ireland

Background -Templederry Windfarm

• In 1999 the Local Committee researched energy generation options for their area

• Templederry Wind Farm was established in 2000

• Shares offered to the local community (32 Shareholders)

• 2 X Shares issued to the local TemplederryDevelopment Co-op

• All Shareholders restricted to one share

Windfarm Development

• Grid Offer- Acceptance & Moratorium

• Planning Permission

• Finance & Construction

• 2x 2.3 MW turbines started generating in November 2012

• Officially Opened in September 2013

Licenced Supply Company

• Templederry Renewable Energy Supply t/a Community Power

• Community Owned Licenced Supply Company

• Working with Communities to help democratise the Energy Market and promote the concept of Community Energy Citizen

• Developing a number of 5 MW Solar Farms

• Issuing Shares to the local communities & general public

Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS)

RESS Auctions and the Associated Community Proposals.

Community Led Renewable Energy Projects

•Separate community category in auctions

•Enabling framework for community energy projects – range of support

Developer Led Renewable Energy Projects

•Mandatory community benefit fund

•Mandatory community investment offering

Community Virtual Power Plant (cVPP)

A community virtual power plant (cVPP) refers to a cluster of dispersed generator units, controllable loads & storage systems, aggregated to operate as a unique power plant. It enables integration of renewables & flexibility in demand, in energy markets.

cVPP Project Details

INTEREG North – West Europe

Date: September 2017CP Funding: €926,183 - (Co-Financing Rate 60%) - €555,710

Sub-Partners Five Irish ‘sub-partner’ Communities includedDuration: 3 yearsDescription: Community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP)Status: Commenced January 2018Total Project Budget : € 7.457 million

Consortium Partners:15 Partners in 3 different markets of BE, NL and IRL with an aim to maximiseinterconnectedness of the cVPPs and harness joint influence & learning about different institutional contexts influencing the implementation of cVPP at a European- wide scale

Project Co-ordinators – University of Eindhoven

Irish Consortium Partners

Main Partners:

Templederry Renewable Energy Supply Ltd t/a Community PowerTipperary Energy AgencyTipperary County Council

Sub Partners:

Arran IslandsEnergy Communities Tipperary Co-operativeTait House Community Enterprise Limerick Claremorris Energy Co-opSmart M PowerFriends of the Earth

Become a Customer

If you are interested in becoming a customer of Community Power and buying your electricity from Ireland’s only Community Owned Supply Company visit :

www.communitypower.ie

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