Business Model
Enabler
Importance
Enablers - Enablers
sufficient grid capacity
Critical and decisive
Enablers - Legal framework
Authority facilitation
Critical and decisive
Experimental (national) regulation
Critical and decisive
Close collaboration with Scottish Government energy policy teams and key public agencies to ensure close alignment with developing energy related policy such as heat and energy efficiency.
Critical and decisive
Political goodwill
Critical and decisive
Emmen spatial planning decision (20% participation required for permitting)
Critical and decisive
Legislation; adjustment/modernisation of regulations
Critical and decisive
tendering demands for use of municipality owned ground
Critical and decisive
Clearly defined legal framework
Supportive
Municipality spatial planning policy (20% local ownership in solar park initiatives is demanded)
Critical and decisive
Municipality decision on 20% participation as requirement for permitting solar fields
Critical and decisive
Zip code tax reduction regulation (national tax reduction scheme for cooperative energy)
Critical and decisive
Spatial policy on solarfields adopted by city counsil
Critical and decisive
Regional and national policy makers
Supportive
spatial permit
Critical and decisive
a spatial implementation plan
Critical and decisive
spatial permit
Critical and decisive
20% volume claim according to Emmen spatial planning policy
Critical and decisive
The project has been designed to address the priorities identified in the local energy plan
Critical and decisive
Project is driven by community needs and priorities identified in the local energy plan
Critical and decisive
Enablers - Knowledge
Servicepoint Locally Generated Emmen
Supportive
legal expertise
Supportive
Private sector active in energy production, distribution, and exploitation
Supportive
Servicepoint Locally Generated Emmen
Critical and decisive
access to expertise (technical, financial, legal)
Critical and decisive
technical feasibility
Critical and decisive
technical feasibility
Critical and decisive
Knowledge and interest in civic energy among the target groups
Critical and decisive
Restheat available via the production from Altoni
Critical and decisive
Better understanding/knowledge of benefits at the household level
Critical and decisive
Better understanding/knowledge of benefits among the rental agencies
Supportive
technical feasibility
Critical and decisive
technical and legal support from the DSO
Critical and decisive
Homeowners are offered energy checks, which are free and impartial, and therefore have great credibility
Critical and decisive
increased awareness in the local community about the importance of the energy standard of homes
Supportive
Systems designed and developed in line with local need and consider opportunities for local supply chains and investment in local businesses.
Critical and decisive
Servicedesk Lokaal Opgewekt Emmen (Locally Generated Emmen): advice, help, guidance, training, campaign
Critical and decisive
increased knowledge about opportunities and finances among homeowners
Critical and decisive
Better public 1) knowledge and 2) understanding at household level
Critical and decisive
Better public 1) knowledge and 2) understanding at the local community level
Supportive
Provision of a resource for communities to use through the creation of an evidence based methodology and tools developed and tested as part of development of 4 pilot local energy plans.
Critical and decisive
Enablers - Finance
Possible subsidies
Critical and decisive
Subsidies
Critical and decisive
economical feasibility
Critical and decisive
econocmical feasibility
Critical and decisive
Public Financing (municipality and province of Drenthe)
Critical and decisive
Subsidies
Critical and decisive
Subsidies
Critical and decisive
Result of the RFQ
Critical and decisive
Economy
Critical and decisive
The economic benefit realised by the 'community hub' through reduction in electricity costs and increase in 'footfall' to the cafe.
Critical and decisive
access to funds
Critical and decisive
economical feasibility
Critical and decisive
access to financing funds
Critical and decisive
Public financing
Supportive
financial support as part of the target groups are less privileged
Critical and decisive
Financial means
Critical and decisive
Enablers - Management
Energy Cooperatives
Critical and decisive
Owners/producers of residual heat
Critical and decisive
Cooperation with organisations and universities about energy communities
Supportive
City Council
Critical and decisive
a fund manager
Critical and decisive
increased action through meetings with craftsmen and banks
Supportive
Good communication
Critical and decisive
patience and will to overcome upcoming problems
Critical and decisive
patience and will to overcome upcoming problems
Critical and decisive
good partnership between public services Georgsmarienhütte and steemill Georgsmarienhütte GmbH
Critical and decisive
patience and will to overcome upcoming problems
Critical and decisive
Strong buy-in from holiday home rental agencies, i.e. rental agencies actively using acquired knowledge and materials in their dialogue with holiday home owners
Supportive
neighbouring households organised in a cooperative
Supportive
New technology - digital possibilities
Supportive
The project requires close collaboration of three community stakeholder organsiations to ensure an integrated solution that supports the development of energy storage for a community building that is combined with the installation of an electric vehicle charger and 'anchored' by the purchase and overnight charging of an community-owned electric vehicle.
Critical and decisive
Previously established cooperation
Supportive
Community driven co-creation process concerning a mobility solution combining car sharing and carpooling
Critical and decisive
The project has been designed to encourage proactive engagement of residents and visitors and requires community leadership to bring about an integrated approach and solution.
Supportive
Close collaboration with community stakeholders, local authority and public agencies to obtain buy-in and integrate local energy planning as part of developing local plans and their implementation.
Critical and decisive
Local community leadership with support/involvement from local authority and other energy related agencies to support integration.
Critical and decisive
Cooperative Development Team Locally Generated Emmen
Critical and decisive
Cooperative Development Team Locally Generated Emmen
Supportive
Cooperatively owned Energy Company with a mission to buy and sell renewable power regionally
Supportive
Cooperation agreement with land owner/ developer
Critical and decisive
Development Team Lokaal Opgewekt Emmen: support at developing solar fields: advice and help on financial, fiscal, technical, legal issues
Critical and decisive
Participation of the cooperative partner Zuidrand
Supportive
Development of a businessmodel with realisation of community benefits
Critical and decisive
Engagement of stakeholders to develop a heatnet
Critical and decisive
Cooperative Development Team Locally Generated Emmen
Critical and decisive
Enablers - Acceptance
Spawned and initiated by key members of the local community (true bottom up).
Critical and decisive
public interest to develop projects to using budget from the fund
Supportive
Significant uptake in the community of a mobility solution combing car sharing and carpooling
Critical and decisive
Economic and social benefits of increased access to community transport that reduces the number of independent journeys and associated costs.
Supportive
Households
Critical and decisive
The owners of the holiday homes must be willing to change the impactpoints from the sustainability report.
Critical and decisive
Developing participation models/ cooperative business models
Supportive
Large energy consumers
Critical and decisive
Local vision on the production and the O&M
Critical and decisive
Local energy planning is driven by community needs and priorities.
Critical and decisive
interest of project developers to develop wind turbines with respect to local council conditions
Critical and decisive
interest of project developers to develop wind turbines with respect to local council conditions
Critical and decisive
acceptance of house owners
Critical and decisive
dissemination of advantages with electrified shared mobility
Supportive
refute false assumptions both about electrified mobility and shared mobility
Supportive
acceptance of house owners
Critical and decisive
Demonstrate good alternatives
Supportive
Change peoples habits
Critical and decisive
Community engagement activity followed the Scottish National Standards for Community Engagement (i.e. good effective community engagement).
Supportive
increased motivation and attention due to new communities
Critical and decisive
Local energy planning includes pro-active engagement to encourage energy efficient consumers (both residential and non-residential).
Critical and decisive
enrolment of all (8) users of community buildings with a solar roof
Supportive