{"id":2301,"date":"2017-02-26T06:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T06:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2017-03-03T06:26:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T06:26:15","slug":"climate-change-the-big-motivator-behind-growing-community-energy-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/2017\/02\/26\/climate-change-the-big-motivator-behind-growing-community-energy-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change the big motivator behind growing community energy trend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4ce.net.au\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1317 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"1136\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed.png 1136w, https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-768x96.png 768w, https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-1030x129.png 1030w, https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-705x88.png 705w, https:\/\/c4ce.net.au\/congress2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-450x56.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1136px) 100vw, 1136px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Climate change the big motivator behind growing community energy trend<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Survey shows communities are stepping up as federal government delays<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MEDIA RELEASE: Sunday, 26 February 2017<\/p>\n<p>Australians investing in locally designed, owned and operated renewable energy projects say climate change is the main motivating factor.<\/p>\n<p>A survey released today by the Coalition for Community Energy found more than 80 per cent of respondents said reducing pollution was the key reason for getting involved in community energy.<\/p>\n<p>C4CE Coordinator Nicky Ison said it was clear that people are stepping up where the country\u2019s politicians were falling short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government is letting the country down on growing renewable energy, and rather than getting angry this is motivating a growing number of Australians to step up and take action in their local communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur survey reveals that 78 per cent of people have invested personal time into a community energy project, and about one third (31.5%) have invested their own money,\u201d Ms Ison said.<\/p>\n<p>Another key motivating factor was saving money, with a quarter of respondents saying that community energy could help protect them from increasing power prices.<\/p>\n<p>Other popular reasons cited for getting involved in community energy were: supporting local organisations or community; attracting local jobs or investment; taking back control of their energy; and addressing disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Almost all survey respondents were critical of the level of support offered to the burgeoning community energy sector by the federal government with 59% describing the current government as \u201cextremely unsupportive\u201d and a further 46% as \u201cnot that supportive\u201d. However, not all governments are seen to be dragging their feet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo thirds of respondents said state and local governments are generally supportive of community energy,\u201d Ms Ison said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 attendees were surveyed ahead of the national <a href=\"http:\/\/link.email.dynect.net\/link.php?DynEngagement=true&amp;H=WAA0HYy4enWklLGLVOCoftvRiKxkwcx7028A%2BNZlWSzSEaUD3cyAX5mnYcBDuz1n%2FAvmnxSKx9oPCx3yTR297jV2QPyVdvbGV5KMoklR9RkPRRt77ssyWkq9fpzWwYIGvvS2XoRoMxs%3D&amp;G=0&amp;R=http%3A%2F%2Fc4ce.net.au%2F&amp;I=20170225105824.0000000564ea%40mail6-33-usnbn1&amp;X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjU4YjE2MzRkOTNjNzNlZTVjMzlmZmM0MDs%3D&amp;S=cQOrxT2zJiDQ4OPxNvpseaBkAaggscWPNJfKqCTPAtk\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/link.email.dynect.net\/link.php?DynEngagement%3Dtrue%26H%3DWAA0HYy4enWklLGLVOCoftvRiKxkwcx7028A%252BNZlWSzSEaUD3cyAX5mnYcBDuz1n%252FAvmnxSKx9oPCx3yTR297jV2QPyVdvbGV5KMoklR9RkPRRt77ssyWkq9fpzWwYIGvvS2XoRoMxs%253D%26G%3D0%26R%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fc4ce.net.au%252F%26I%3D20170225105824.0000000564ea%2540mail6-33-usnbn1%26X%3DMHwxMDQ2NzU4OjU4YjE2MzRkOTNjNzNlZTVjMzlmZmM0MDs%253D%26S%3DcQOrxT2zJiDQ4OPxNvpseaBkAaggscWPNJfKqCTPAtk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1488604626542000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBvV3pIct8GGvqF7U8gqxcl7nUYw\">Community Energy Congress<\/a> in Melbourne, which begins tomorrow and runs until Tuesday 28 February. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Denmark&#8217;s Soren Hermansen, who helped to create the world&#8217;s first 100% renewable island.<\/li>\n<li>Candace Vahlsing, former US President Barack Obama&#8217;s energy and environment advisor\u00a0and key architect of the national Community Solar\u00a0Partnership.<\/li>\n<li>A gathering of Indigenous leaders from Canada and Aboriginal Elders and Leaders from Australia.<\/li>\n<li>A speed dating event with community energy experts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are limited media passes available for this event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8194708285000599952ci-gmail-style-container ci-gmail-style-container\"><strong>For full survey results, media pass access to the Congress or more information<\/strong>: Keryn O\u2019Donnell on 0418 603 663 or Dinah Arndt on 0425 791 394 or <a class=\"m_8194708285000599952ci-email m_8194708285000599952ci-contact ci-email ci-contact\" href=\"mailto:dinah@climatemediacentre.org.au\" 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