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The Urban Community Energy Fund
- 1. The Urban Community Energy Fund Finn O’Muircheartaigh Senior Policy Advisor, DECC
- 2. DECC’s objectives • Energy security • Energy reduction • Low-carbon energy • Nuclear legacy • Economic growth 2 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme
- 3. The Community Energy Strategy 3 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme • Power the country, protect the planet • Aspires to support 0.5-3GW by 2020 • Community Energy Saving And Advice Service • Community Energy Saving Competition • Urban Community Energy Fund (and RCEF)
- 4. The Urban Community Energy Fund 4 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme • Low carbon generation fund • Urban community groups • Administered by: Centre for Sustainable Energy Pure Leapfrog
- 5. UCEF funding 5 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme • Grants for feasibility work – up to £20,000 • Local support? • What technology works? • Grid connection? • Loans for proj development costs – up to £130,000 • Planning permission? • Ecological permit?
- 6. UCEF – how do I do to apply? 6 Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme
- 7. Urban Community Energy Fund Email: info@ucef.org.uk Telephone: 0800 038 6345 www.gov.uk/urban-community-energy-fund Community Energy Strategy https://www.gov.uk/community-energy
Editor's Notes
- Provides grants and loans in urban areas so that communities can develop low-carbon energy generation projects that provide social and economic benefits to local people. Grants are for up to £20k for speculative work. Loans are for up to £130k for detailed project development costs. UCEF funding cannot be spent on purchasing or installing the physical kit that makes up the energy generation system (or FiT/RHI is not possible).
- COmmu
- COmmu
- If we are to get anywhere near even the bottom end of this target, we need to think ambitiously as a sector. Base at the moment is about 60MW (0.06GW) We will consider each case on its merits, but you should be aware that the business case looked principally at projects between the 500kW and 5MW scale. We will therefore need to be very careful about taking on lots of small projects, not least because they will struggle to demonstrate any real community benefit once costs are paid.