Community funding Puig

1. Pep Puig i Boix, PhD engineer
Vice-president, Som Energia
Chairman, Board of Trustees, EUROSOLAR

2. Som
Energia
10-­‐10-­‐2010

3. Why?
Global
issues
o Climate
Change
o Peak
Oil
o Supply
security
Local
aspects
o Democra<za<on
of
energy
model
o Suppor<ng
the
local
economy

4. Goal:
change
our
energy
system

5. Meet
our
compe;tors:

6. What
do
we
do?
o We
are
a
social
movement
of
people
wan;ng
to
change
the
energy
system
and
get
rid
of
Oligopolyà
hundreds
of
volunteers
involved
in
over
50
local
groups
o Generate
a
clear
demand
for
renewable
energyà
we
sell
cer6fied
renewable
electricity
to
our
members
o Increase
the
produc;on
of
renewable
energyà
we
have
8
photovoltaic
plants
and
1
biogas
plant,
coopera6vely
owned
and
financed

7. Som
Energia
28-­‐10-­‐2013

8. Distribu;on
in
Spain

10. We’re
a
coopera;ve
o Non-­‐profit
consumer
coopera<ve
o One
person,
one
vote
o Board
of
7
people,
no
remunera<on
o General
Assembly
of
Members
decides
on
‘big
issues’
and
chooses
the
Board
o Board
on
‘strategy’
&
maintaing
coopera<ve
spirit
alive
o Management
team
has
to
execute
efficiently
make
the
bills,
answer
the
e-­‐mails
&
phones

11. We’re
a
Business
o 2013
turnover:
3.5
M€
(small
loss)
o 2014
turnover:
9
M€
(break
even)
o 12
professional
staff
in
small
office
in
Girona
o 16.139
members
o social
capital
contribu<on:
16.139
members
x
100€
o 18.430
clients
o Electricity
commercializa<on:
45
GWh

12. We’re
a
Business
o 3.5
million
addi<onal
investments
by
members
to
finance
projects
at
3
–
5%
interest
o 1
m€
in
cash
reserve
o 20%
of
members
voluntarily
pay
0.01€/kWh
extra
(=75.000€
for
2014)

16. Summer
Schools
Calafell, 2012 La Conreria, 2013
Alboraya, Valencia, 2014

17. What’s
next?
o Civil
disobedience
à
Spain
announced
a
solar
tax
for
the
use
of
PV
panels
for
your
own
instantaneous
consump6on.
o PowerShare
à
par6cipate
with
€€€
in
a
new
solar,
wind
or
hydro
produc6on
plant
and
get
a
yearly
kWh
return
(in
stead
of
financial
return)
o Power
to
gas
à
produce
Hydrogen
and
inject
in
gas
grid
during
6mes
of
overproduc6on
of
renewable
energy

18. Self-­‐genera;on
of
green
electricity
We
encourage
our
members
to
be
Producers+Users
of
energy
(ProdUsers)

19. 1st
Community
Wind
Project
in
Spain
http://www.viuredelaire.cat

20. Big
Energy
coopera;ves
in
Europe
Ecopower
(Belgium,
50.000
members)
Enercoop
(France,
16.000
members)
EWS
(Germany,
140.000
clients)

21. Federa<on
of
groups
and
coopera<ves
of
ci<zens
for
renewable
energy
in
Europe
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22. o Spain:
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