New England

Community Wind Farm Study

Consortium Meeting
Thursday 16 December 2010
Faulkner House, Armidale
Starfish Hill Wind Farm, South Australia
 Purpose & Goals
● Assess the feasibility & potential support for a
4~10MW Community Wind Farm
● Research Report & Recommendations
● Innovative Edges ~ institutional investment,
direct purchase & usage of electricity, local
skills & capability development, community
structures within commercial developments &
create tangible benefits for the wider
community & region
 Agenda
● Welcome, Apologies & Updates
● Milestones
● Map Key Invitees for Research Dialogues
● Promotion & Communication
● Research Briefings
● Revisiting the notion of NESS
● Other Business & Next Meetings
 Map Key Invitees
for Research Dialogues
● Investors (Community Mutual Group)
● UNE
● Government (RDANI)
● Later Dialogues ~ SLA Open Forum, Business,
Community, Landholders
 Promotion & Communication
● Discuss & Review Plan
● Flyer
● Example Meeting Report
● Presentation Template
● Intellectual Property & Creative Commons
 Presentation About
the
New England
Community Wind Farm Study
 Research Briefings
● Research Matrix
● Survey
●Benefits ●Community includes organisations?
●Challenges ●Purchase electricity

●Siting Principles ●General supportiveness of wind power

●Willingness to invest/support if my &/or community wind farm

circumstances are fine I would pledge
$/land/ other within 2 years...
 Next Steps
● Consortium Meeting Schedule
● 7 or 8 March, 11 or 12 April, 23 or 24 May
● Research Dialogues & Survey
● Study Trips
● Debriefing & Communicating with Others