What is the name of your civic energy initiative?
Local Energy Cooperative 'Zonnige Start'
Where is your initiative located?
Nieuw-Weerdinge, municipality of Emmen
Netherlands
What are the targeted benefits of your initiative for the community? [1.]
financial benefits: lower energy bill for cooperative members
Economic
What are the targeted benefits of your initiative for the community? [2.]
economical benefits: keeping profits of renewable energy within the local economy
Socio-Economic
What are the targeted benefits of your initiative for the community? [3.]
economic benefits: boosting entrepreneurship/ economic dynamism
Socio-Economic
What are the targeted benefits of your initiative for the community? [4.]
social benefits: reduce energy costs for lower incomes
Socio-Economic
What are the targeted benefits of your initiative for the community? [5.]
social benefits: organising community driven projects to stimulate social cohesion
Socio-Cultural
What are the key enabling factors that will make the benefits achieveable? [1.]
Servicepoint Locally Generated Emmen
Knowledge
What are the key enabling factors that will make the benefits achieveable? [2.]
Cooperative Development Team Locally Generated Emmen
Management
What are the key enabling factors that will make the benefits achieveable? [3.]
Public Financing (municipality and province of Drenthe)
Finance
What are the key enabling factors that will make the benefits achieveable? [4.]
Zip code tax reduction regulation (national tax reduction scheme for cooperative energy)
Legal framework
How would you rate the importance of the individual enablers? [{KeyEnablingFactors_KEF01}]
Supportive
How would you rate the importance of the individual enablers? [{KeyEnablingFactors_KEF02}]
Critical and decisive
How would you rate the importance of the individual enablers? [{KeyEnablingFactors_KEF03}]
Critical and decisive
How would you rate the importance of the individual enablers? [{KeyEnablingFactors_KEF04}]
Critical and decisive
Has the technical process planning been completed? / Has the planning of all tehnical aspects of the civic energy process been completed?
Yes
What are the key technical elements of the energy supply chain? [1.]
contracting roof space and trafo capacity from a local farming estate
What are the key technical elements of the energy supply chain? [2.]
buying and installing 954 solar-pv panels
What are the key technical elements of the energy supply chain? [3.]
contracting and installing 5 km ground cable for grid connection
What are the key technical elements of the energy supply chain? [4.]
contracting DSO for power distribution
What are the key technical elements of the energy supply chain? [5.]
securing tax reduction through application with the national tax authority
What are the key technical elements of the energy supply chain? [6.]
contracting energy supplier
What energy sources are used in this model? [1.]
solar-pv
Are reliable data for energy turnover available yet? / (Refferring to the sum of all involved forms of energy turnover)
Yes
How would you estimate the annual energy turnover of your initiative?
23000
Is the undertaking profit-oriented or not-for profit?
profit-oriented
Has the initiative been supported in any way by public funding?
Yes
If so, what planning or implementation elements were funded? [1.]
ground cable for grid connection subsidised by the municipality of Emmen
If so, what planning or implementation elements were funded? [2.]
budget for buying solar-pv panels lend by the municipality of Emmen (50%) and revolving fund province of Drenthe (50%)
Have your investment calculations been completed?
Yes
How high is the initial and total investment needed to lauch and maintain the civic energy initiative? [Iinitial investment:]
375000
How high is the initial and total investment needed to lauch and maintain the civic energy initiative? [Total investment:]
375000
Which sources of income does the civic energy enterprise generate? [Income source 1:]
energy trading
Which sources of income does the civic energy enterprise generate? [Income source 2:]
coopveative membership fees
Which sources of income does the civic energy enterprise generate? [Income source 3:]
kickback fee energy supplier
How would you classify your organisational model or archetype?
Energy cooperative
Has the legal form of your initiative been finalized? / Has the legal form (e.g. limited company or non-profit association) of your initiative/orgaisational model been finalized?
Yes
Which legal form has been selected for the initiative?
Cooperative
Who are the key stakeholders? [1.]
cooperative members
Cooperatives
Who are the key stakeholders? [2.]
municipality of Emmen
Business
Who are the key stakeholders? [3.]
EOP's (village/community counsils)
Administrative
Who are the key stakeholders? [4.]
National Tax Authority
Administrative
Who are the key stakeholders? [5.]
Enexis (DSO)
Business
Has the ownership of your energy supply chain chain clarified?
Yes
Who owns the supply chain? [1.] / [Shareholder/Owner]
The cooperative/ cooperative members
Community
Who owns the supply chain? [2.] / [Shareholder/Owner]
Estate Scholtenzathe
How many households are enrolled or directy involved? / [Customers]
70
Which are the key enterprises or service providers involved in implementing the initiative? [1.]
Scholtenzathe (farming estate, owns roof, trafo)
Which are the key enterprises or service providers involved in implementing the initiative? [2.]
Enexis (DSO)
Which are the key enterprises or service providers involved in implementing the initiative? [3.]
Groenleven (provider solar panels)
Which are the key enterprises or service providers involved in implementing the initiative? [4.]
Engie (energy supplier)
Which are the key enterprises or service providers involved in implementing the initiative? [5.]
DEO (revolving fund province of Drenthe)
Which are the key enterprises or service providers involved in implementing the initiative? [6.]
Tax Authority (application for energy tax reduction regulation)
How is the management of the organisation structured? [Supervisory function:]
board of the cooperative
How is the management of the organisation structured? [Management:]
board of the cooperative
How is the management of the organisation structured? [Operation:]
board of the cooperative
What roles do the key enterprises or contracted service providers play in the running of the initiative? [{KeyEnterprises_KE01}][Role]
making roof space and trafo capacity available
What roles do the key enterprises or contracted service providers play in the running of the initiative? [{KeyEnterprises_KE02}][Role]
grid connection and power distribution
What roles do the key enterprises or contracted service providers play in the running of the initiative? [{KeyEnterprises_KE03}][Role]
providing and installing solar panels
What roles do the key enterprises or contracted service providers play in the running of the initiative? [{KeyEnterprises_KE04}][Role]
metering, billing, trading
What roles do the key enterprises or contracted service providers play in the running of the initiative? [{KeyEnterprises_KE05}][Role]
financing
What roles do the key enterprises or contracted service providers play in the running of the initiative? [{KeyEnterprises_KE06}][Role]
granting tax reduction
What role does the community play? [Permit authority]
Yes
What role does the community play? [Adviser]
Yes
What role does the community play? [Funder]
Yes
What role does the community play? [Operator]
No
What role does the community play? [Initiator]
No
What role does the community play? [Political supporter]
Yes
What role do consumers play?
Consumers are cooperative members. Roles: initiator, co-owner, operator, communication/marketing
Has a structured risk assessment been conducted?
Yes
What are the identified risks for the success of the initiative? [Risk 1]
not enough members enrolled
Community
What are the identified risks for the success of the initiative? [Risk 2]
lack of management capacity of the cooperative board
Operational
What are the identified risks for the success of the initiative? [Risk 3]
lack of entrepreneurship in the cooperative board
Operational
What are the identified risks for the success of the initiative? [Risk 4]
not enough volunteers for a cooperative board
Community
How would you rate these identified risks for the success of the initiative? [{IdentifiedRisks_IR1}]
Substantial
How would you rate these identified risks for the success of the initiative? [{IdentifiedRisks_IR2}]
High
How would you rate these identified risks for the success of the initiative? [{IdentifiedRisks_IR3}]
Substantial
How would you rate these identified risks for the success of the initiative? [{IdentifiedRisks_IR4}]
Substantial
Has legal security been achieved for the initiative?
Achieved
What is the target date for the take-off of your civic energy enterprise? Or when was it launched?
2018-10-01 00:00:00
Have any other communities considered adopting your civic energy business model?
Yes
Which other communities are in the process of adopting your civic energy business model? [1.]
Zonnedorpen 't Zand
Which other communities are in the process of adopting your civic energy business model? [2.]
Appingedam
Which other communities are in the process of adopting your civic energy business model? [3.]
Bedum
What is the current status of the adoptation process? [{OtherCommunitiesName_OCN1}]
Adoption completed
What is the current status of the adoptation process? [{OtherCommunitiesName_OCN2}]
Adoption completed
What is the current status of the adoptation process? [{OtherCommunitiesName_OCN3}]
Adoption completed
Which additional aspects are central to your business model? [1.]
Participation open to all citizens, no investment needed, participation based on monthly membership fee
Which additional aspects are central to your business model? [2.]
value/ ownership accumulation in the cooperative by paying back loan with profits on energy trade
Which additional aspects are central to your business model? [3.]
collective ownership means collective management by members
Which additional aspects are central to your business model? [4.]
decision making by all cooperative members (on how to invest profits in the community)
Which additional aspects are central to your business model? [5.]
individual profits dependent on tax reduction regulation for local energy communities (zip code regulation)
