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

Braunholtz-Speight, Tim and Sharmina, Maria and Manderson, Edward and McLachlan, Carly and Hannon, Matthew and Hardy, Jeff and Mander, Sarah (2020) Price support allows communities to raise low-cost citizen finance for renewable energy projects. Nature Energy, 5. pp. 127-128. ISSN 2058-7546 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0556-2)

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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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Braunholtz-Speight, Tim, Sharmina, Maria, Manderson, Edward, McLachlan, Carly, Hannon, Matthew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-3991, Hardy, Jeff and Mander, Sarah;
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