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Price support allows communities to raise low-cost citizen finance for renewable energy projects

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  • Tim Braunholtz-Speight

    (University of Manchester)

  • Maria Sharmina

    (University of Manchester)

  • Edward Manderson

    (University of Manchester)

  • Carly McLachlan

    (University of Manchester)

  • Matthew Hannon

    (University of Strathclyde Business School)

  • Jeff Hardy

    (Imperial College London)

  • Sarah Mander

    (University of Manchester)

Abstract

Community energy groups can raise citizen finance for renewable energy projects at lower interest rates than from commercial lenders, but they often depend on price guarantee schemes. Policies providing price stability and business model innovations are needed to realize the sector’s potential contribution to the zero-carbon energy transition.

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  • Tim Braunholtz-Speight & Maria Sharmina & Edward Manderson & Carly McLachlan & Matthew Hannon & Jeff Hardy & Sarah Mander, 2020. "Price support allows communities to raise low-cost citizen finance for renewable energy projects," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 5(2), pages 127-128, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:5:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1038_s41560-020-0556-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-0556-2
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    2. Zhang, Yao & Zhang, Yuxin & Gong, Chao & Dinçer, Hasan & Yüksel, Serhat, 2022. "An integrated hesitant 2-tuple Pythagorean fuzzy analysis of QFD-based innovation cost and duration for renewable energy projects," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 248(C).

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