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Crowdfunding: Ready for the Big League?

In: RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE Powering the Future

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  • Karl Harder
  • Sam Friggens

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In 2012 when a wind turbine started spinning in the historic village of St Briavels on the border of England and Wales, it was more than just another small step towards a clean energy system in the UK. The turbine lays claim to be the first renewable energy project in the world to be financed through crowdfunding — the 21st century phenomenon that involves large numbers of individuals coming together via the Internet to directly raise money for projects or ventures of their choosing. A total of £1.4 m was collectively invested by hundreds of people who now stand to receive annual financial returns of 6–8% over a period of 20 years as electricity is generated. The achievement signified the evolution of crowdfunding from a niche based on donations and rewards to an investment mechanism capable of delivering new sources of private finance to fund the energy infrastructure of the 21st century…

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  • Karl Harder & Sam Friggens, 2015. "Crowdfunding: Ready for the Big League?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Charles W Donovan (ed.), RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE Powering the Future, chapter 14, pages 325-340, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. McInerney, Celine & Bunn, Derek W., 2019. "Expansion of the investor base for the energy transition," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 1240-1244.

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    Keywords

    Renewable Energy; Clean Energy Finance; Solar Energy Financing;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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