My first hands-on experience with renewables was at Sunseed in 2004 - David Clubb is Director of RenewableUK Cymru
I’ve been working in the renewable energy sector since 2004. Of the thousands of people I’ve met during that time, I’ve never encountered anyone who opposed community energy.
Even the anti-wind die-hards don’t object to community energy — as long as it’s not wind, natch.
You’d think that with widespread public, civic and political support for community energy it would be ubiquitous. But it’s not. Not even close.
Less than 10 MW of Wales’ 2,300 MW of renewable electricity is community-owned. That’s a miniscule 0.4%.
Read the full article at the Institute of Welsh Affairs site:
http://www.iwa.wales/click/2017/06/clubb-doctrine-presumed-consent-community-energy-projects/