Attracting Sustainable Investment: A Professional Guide

Cover
Half Title
Endorsement
Title Page
Copyright Page
General Legal Notice
Table of Contents
Figures
Tables
Author Biography
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 The Sustainable Investment Market
	The SDP and SCIIs™ in a Renewable Energy Project
		The Sustainable Investment Market
			The Sustainable Development Proposition
	Notes
2 Sustainable Environment
	Introduction
	Current State of the Environment
	Environmental Sustainability Defined
		The Precautionary Principle
		Intergenerational Equity
	Valuing Natural Capital
		Natural Capital Assets Balance Sheets
		Valuation Methodology: Natural Capital Assets
			Present Value (Discounting)
	Summary
	Notes
3 Sustainable Governance
	Introduction
	Property Rights, Historical Context
	Economic Justice
	Democracy
	Parliamentary Process
	Rights and Freedoms
	Political Economy
	Energy Law and Policy
	Market Power
	Power Affordability: Investment in Grid Infrastructure
	Power Affordability: Non-Network Solutions
	Power Affordability: Sharing Economy Solutions
	Summary
	Notes
4 Sustainable Economy
	Introduction
		Social Benefits of an Increased Standard of Living
	Sustainable Economy: When Technology Improves
	Population Policies
	Summary
	Notes
5 Sustainable Technology
	Introduction
	Small-scale Wind
	Small-scale Hydro
	Biogas
	Solar PV
	Affordability
	Inverters and Anti-Islanding
	Passive Solar Homes
	Energy Storage
	Virtual Grids
	Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Mobile Grids
	Waste Plastic Oil
	Summary
		The Sustainable Development Proposition
	Notes
6 Case Studies
	Introduction
	Case Study Selection
	Historical Case Study
		Toulouse Water Mill
		Cost-benefit Analysis
	Australian Indigenous Communities
		Current State of Infrastructure in Australian Indigenous Communities
		Australian Indigenous Case Studies
			CfAT (Centre for Appropriate Technology)
			Bushlight
			Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Centre
			Milibundurra
			Mingalkala
			Gurrumurru
			Kakadu
			Ulpanyali
			Chile Creek
			Blue Bush
			Projects Post Bushlight
	Pacific Island Indigenous and Rural Communities
		Pacific Renewable Energy Project
	Indigenous and Rural Asian Communities
		Solar
			Grameen Shakti, Grameen Bank
		Biogas
	Australian Rural Community Solar
		Private and Public Funding: Clearsky Solar Investments (CSI)
			Cost-benefit Analysis
		Revolving Fund: CORENA
			Cost-benefit Analysis
		Private: Repower One-Five
			Cost-benefit Analysis
		Council-community Partnership: Lismore Community Solar Farm
			Cost-benefit Analysis
	Rural Wind Energy
		A Comparison Between Australian and Danish Rural Case Studies
			Cost-benefit Analysis
	Micro Hydro
		Upper Yarra Community Power
			Cost-benefit Analysis
	Network Solutions for Agricultural Communities
		Bomen Solar Farm, Wagga Wagga
			Cost-benefit Analysis
			Terrain Solar
			Cost-benefit Analysis
	Rural Europe
		Varese Ligure
		Cost-benefit Analysis
	Rural South America
		Light at Home
			Cost-benefit Analysis
	Rural Africa
		Elephant Energy
			Cost-benefit Analysis
	Summary
	Notes
7 Attracting Investment
	Introduction
	Funding Arrangement Selection
	Choice of Legal Structure
		Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations
		Trust Funds
		Cooperative With Member Investors And/or a Certified B-Corporation (B-Corp)
		Proprietary Company and Council Partnership
		Subsidiaries
		Statutory Corporation
		Not-for-profit
		Private Company
		Unlisted Public Company
	Innovative Governance and Financing Structures
	Choice of Technology
		Solar PV
		Biofuel and Waste Plastic Oils
		Wind
		Biogas
			Small-scale
			Mid-scale
		Hydro
	Community Benefits
	Other Considerations When Attracting Investment
		Property Selection/tenure Investigations
		Due Diligence
	Summary
	Notes
8 Sustainable Community Investment Indicators (SCIIs™)
	Introduction
	Limitations of Similar Tools Used in Other Contexts
	How a Professional Uses the SDP and SCIIs™
	Risks
	How the SCIIs™ Were Developed
	Sustainable Community Investment Indicators
	Summary
		Sustainable Community Investment Indicators
	Notes
9 Hypothetical Case Studies
	Case Study 1
		Case Study: Green Ville
			Green Ville Is a Rural Community Located Beyond the Black Stump in Regional Australia.
	Example Answer 1
		Sustainable Governance
		Organisational Governance
		Private Companies
		Family Trust
		Sole Traders
		General Governance
		Sustainable Economy
		Sustainable Environment
		Sustainable Technology
		Sustainable Community
	Example 2 (Short Answer Question)
		Desert Home Station (Hypothetical Indigenous Community Scenario)
	Example Answer 2
		Initial Grants
		Technological Sustainability
		Economic Sustainability
		Environmental Sustainability
		Sustainable Governance
		Tentative Conclusion
	Notes
10 Conclusion
	Notes
References
Index