Case study: Energy communities: making decisions about solar energy
4. Reflective Questions
If you’re thinking about solar energy options for your energy community, you may want to consider the following questions:
- What’s motivated our interest in exploring solar energy?
- How does exploring solar energy options fit with our wider energy community goals? Who will benefit from this type of initiative?
- What positive outcomes could there be?
- What challenges might we face?
- What project planning and research do we need to do?
- How do we get the conversation started and engage with our members? How will we prepare for these conversations?
- Who do we need to involve in our community solar project? Do we need investors? Do we need a project manager? Do we need to engage with the wider community?
- What legal and regulatory considerations do we need to consider?
- What is the first step we need to take?
