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Communities call on Government to support Community Owned Renewable Energy

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Over 100 community groups and co-operatives launch a Proclamation for Community Energy.  For the first time in Ireland this 'Proclamation for Community Energy' recognises communities as active participants in the clean energy transition, and as the best way to unlock the renewable energy potential in Ireland.

Imagine a community putting its hands up and deciding to build a wind farm. Imagine all the schools in a town running on clean free solar electricity. Imagine your heating is powered by biomass and waste from the local farms. Imagine the profits from the local renewable energy project are shared by the local energy co-operative and the individuals and communities who are part of it. Imagine we owned all or part of the renewable energy that powers our lives.

This is the vision for over 100 community groups, co-operatives, energy agencies and NGO’s who have today launched the Community Energy Proclamation. 

The proclamation calls for a number of policy changes to allow communities to participate in Ireland’s energy and to allow the community energy industry to develop. These include setting a target for community energy in Ireland and removing a number of technical and financial barriers such as access to the grid, payments for solar energy for micro-generation and for renewable heat, and support and advice structures to enable community groups to develop renewable energy projects.

Signatories to the Proclamation are:

  1. Ace - The Academy of Champions for Energy

  2. An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland

  3. Aran Islands Renewable Energy Ltd.

  4. Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileáin Árann Teoranta

  5. Ard Aoibhinn Community Initiatives Ltd.

  6. Abbeyleix Bog Project

  7. BEOFS Camphill Kilkenny

  8. Birr 2020

  9. Birr Growery

  10. Camphill Ballymoney

  11. Camphill Ballytobin

  12. Camphill Community Mountshannon

  13. Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency

  14. Cavan Community Energy Group

  15. CELT - Centre for Environmental Living & Training

  16. ChangeX

  17. Changing Ireland Community Media Limited

  18. Circle Way Ireland

  19. Claiming our Future

  20. Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund

  21. Claremorris & Western District Energy Co-Operative

  22. Cleanteck Asset Finance

  23. Cloughjordan Community Farm

  24. Codema - Dublin’s Energy Agency

  25. Comhar Caomhán Teo

  26. Common Ground, Bray

  27. Community Energy Scotland

  28. Community Finance (Ireland)

  29. Community Renewable Energy Supply Templederry (CRES)

  30. Community Workers Co-operative

  31. Cork Environmental Forum

  32. CRNI Community Reuse Network Ireland

  33. Cultivate Living and Learning/ Sustainable Ireland Co-operative Society Ltd.

  34. DaysE (Donate As You Save Energy)

  35. Drombane Hall Committee

  36. Drombane Upperchurch Energy Team

  37. Ecobeo Energy, Kilkenny

  38. Ecoworks

  39. Eirbyte

  40. Energy Co-operatives Ireland

  41. Energy Communities Tipperary Cooperative Limited

  42. Energy Wise Construction Ltd

  43. Energywise Consultants

  44. Environmental Education Ireland

  45. Erris Sustainable Energy CLG

  46. FEASTA: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability

  47. Friends of the Earth

  48. Galú

  49. Glas Energy

  50. Good Energies Alliance Ireland

  51. Greenwatt Ltd

  52. Inch Hydro

  53. Inch Sawmills

  54. Interactions Ltd info@interactions.ie

  55. Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS)

  56. Irish Green Building Council

  57. Just Forests

  58. Kerry Sustainable Energy Co-operative

  59. Laois Environmental Action Forum

  60. Luisne Murrough Foundation

  61. Mendes CLG / Cloughjordan Co-Housing

  62. Mercy International - Global Action

  63. Merriman Solutions Chartered Building Surveyors.

  64. Micro Electricity Generation Association (MEGA)

  65. Murrough Community Co-operative

  66. Nano Nagle Centre, Ballygriffin

  67. Nimble Spaces Project Callan, Co Kilkenny

  68. North Tipperary LEADER Partnership

  69. North Tipperary Green Enterprise Park

  70. Orenco Energy

  71. PAssive House Solutions

  72. People’s Climate Ireland

  73. People’s Energy Charter

  74. Presentation Ireland

  75. Presentation Justice Network Ireland

  76. Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland

  77. Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages Kildare Ireland

  78. St. Anthony`s Park Community Development Initiative (Cork)

  79. Sunflower recycling Dublin

  80. Sustainable Clonakilty

  81. Sustainable Energy Finance Consultants

  82. Sustainable Projects Ireland Ltd. / Cloughjordan Ecovillage

  83. Terenure Energy Group

  84. The Forum Renewable Energy Charity

  85. Tipperary Energy Agency

  86. Tipperary Green Business Network

  87. Tourmakeady Community Energy Group

  88. Transition Galway

  89. Transition Kerry

  90. Transition Monaghan

  91. Transition Town Kinsale

  92. Transition Town Tramore T3

  93. Transition Towns Sligo

  94. Transition Towns Ireland and Northern Ireland

  95. TSA Consultancy

  96. Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice

  97. Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE);

  98. Water Power Services

  99. WeCreate Workspace Ltd.

  100. Wicklow Planning Alliance

  101. Wind Site Evaluation Ltd

  102. XD Sustainable Energy Consulting Ltd

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