Community-based Energy Model: A Novel Approach to Developing Sustainable Energy

Conflicted or constructive? Exploring community responses to new energy developments in Canada

“…In Canada, only a small proportion of the new energy developments include local ownership arrangements [81]; these arrangements remain relatively novel [82] and a number of institutional barriers to local ownership remain [83]. Models of benefit sharing have been shown successful in other parts of the world [84], helping build local support for projects (e.g.…”

Decentralised bioenergy systems: A review of opportunities and threats

“…This model involves the participation of community members along the bioenergy production chain including cultivation or production of feedstock, processing of feedstock into bioenergy, and marketing and distribution of bioenergy (for example Khan et al, 2007). Emphasis is often placed on involving communities at the processing level to benefit from the economic gains of value added products.…”

Analyzing Sustainability of Community-based Energy Technologies

“…In this, more emphasis must be given to biofuel and pro-nature (a process that entails natural process) process (Khan and Islam, 2007). The development of renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, biogas, and biodiesel, is attracting attention (Bugge, 2000;Khan et al, 2006;Coltrain, 2002). However, their development is limited .…”

“…Figure 3 shows the amount or energy provides by fossil fuel and other energy sources. Recently, a novel energy development and management technique was reported by Khan et al (2006) for the production of sustainable energy through community participation. They developed a model for a small community showing that all required energy, from household uses to running a car, can be produced locally by a community, making it possible for a locality to become sustainably self-sufficient in terms of their energy requirements.…”