Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is part 2 of a conversation with Jon Hallé of Sharenergy, about how energy production can be localised and mutualised.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/keeping-energy-production-local-and-mutualised-jon-halle-of-sharenergy-part-2
Here’s part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7lBqVqobU&t=4s
And part 3: youtube.com/watch?v=AWMFgNUJJlk&t=258s
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Sharenergy: https://www.sharenergy.coop/
Big Solar Co-op: https://bigsolar.coop/
Community energy: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/community-energy
Highlights
1. There’s effectively a planning ban on onshore wind turbines in England. Only 5 big turbines have got planning permission over the last 5 years.
2. Energy Local have set up some interesting pilots. In Bethesda in North Wales, locals can buy electricity from community hydro for about 9p per unit, rather than 17p per unit from the Grid. So it’s an amazing saving for the locals.
3. The Big Solar Co-op is pretty similar to buying shares in a local Tewkesbury solar co-op, but if something goes wrong with the sites in Tewkesbury, you’re still part of an co-op owning arrays all over the country.
This is part 2 of a conversation with Jon Hallé of Sharenergy, about how energy production can be localised and mutualised.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/keeping-energy-production-local-and-mutualised-jon-halle-of-sharenergy-part-2
Here’s part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7lBqVqobU&t=4s
And part 3: youtube.com/watch?v=AWMFgNUJJlk&t=258s
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Sharenergy: https://www.sharenergy.coop/
Big Solar Co-op: https://bigsolar.coop/
Community energy: lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/community-energy
Highlights
1. There’s effectively a planning ban on onshore wind turbines in England. Only 5 big turbines have got planning permission over the last 5 years.
2. Energy Local have set up some interesting pilots. In Bethesda in North Wales, locals can buy electricity from community hydro for about 9p per unit, rather than 17p per unit from the Grid. So it’s an amazing saving for the locals.
3. The Big Solar Co-op is pretty similar to buying shares in a local Tewkesbury solar co-op, but if something goes wrong with the sites in Tewkesbury, you’re still part of an co-op owning arrays all over the country.
