Commons Pilots — Proof of concept

Governance starts with
services people use.

Three interlocking pilots. Three proofs that democracy works when it controls something real.

The most powerful civic movements begin not with ideology but with infrastructure people depend on. United Commons Pilots prove, at working scale, that citizens will participate in democratic governance when their decisions control something tangible — transport, energy, and public policy.

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"Most political movements start with ideology. We start with infrastructure people use every day."
I · The governing principle

Why pilots come before platform

United Commons is a constitutional governance architecture. But constitutions without experience are theories. Governance without evidence is aspiration.

The Commons Pilots exist to answer one question before any other:

Will large numbers of ordinary people participate in regular democratic decision-making — when the decisions affect something real in their lives?

Game theory says yes, if the stakes are genuine and the outcomes are visible. History says yes, when co-operative structures are designed properly. The Pilots exist to prove it empirically.

Each pilot is a working prototype of the United Commons governance engine: proposals, votes, transparent treasury, measurable results. Each is financially self-sustaining. None depends on ideology to function — only on demonstrable benefit to participants.

II · The three pilots

Three domains. One governance architecture.

Each pilot covers one of the three most universal domains of daily life — how people move, how they power their homes, and how they participate in civic decisions. Each is designed to feed members and trust into the next.

Pilot ready 01 · Mobility 🚲 Mobility Commons Premium e-bikes · Hackney / Islington

A cooperative mobility commons — member-owned e-bikes in Hackney and Islington. £50/month for reliable shared access. Members co-govern the service and participate in surplus as it is generated. Built to reduce transport cost and increase access, not to extract margin.

£50/moMembership
£100+/yrDividend
50 bikesPilot fleet
WeeklyGovernance votes
Explore pilot → Year 2–3 02 · Energy ⚡ Energy Commons Citizen renewable cooperative

Households collectively negotiate cheaper renewable electricity and vote on solar farm investments. The cooperative builds a growing public asset. Profits return to members. Every energy bill is a governance event.

500+Households
15–25%Energy savings
SolarCommon asset
MonthlyGovernance votes
Explore pilot → Year 3–5 03 · Governance 🏛️ Public Intelligence Commons Structured citizen policy platform

Weekly structured votes on real local and national policy questions, backed by AI-summarised evidence. The antidote to social media chaos — informed digital democracy with genuine civic weight.

10k+Members
30%+Participation
AI-assistedEvidence
RealPolicy influence
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Pilot 01 · Mobility Commons

The best bikes in London.
You govern them. You earn from them.

The Mobility Commons is a cooperative transport model — not a subscription service, not a venture-backed app. Members pay £50/month for reliable shared access to a fleet they co-own and co-govern. The purpose is straightforward: reduce transport cost and dependence on extractive platforms, improve access to work, education, and local services, and test a governance model where the people who use the service shape how it runs.

The bikes are not the product.
Democratic control of shared urban infrastructure is the product.
— Member subscription (£50/month) funds the fleet collectively. The asset is shared; the debt is shared; the governance is shared. No individual takes a loan; no investor extracts margin. Membership revenue alone covers the conservative break-even case.
— Cargo delivery fleet — 10 e-bikes available for B2B last-mile delivery in Hackney. Cargo is a genuine commercial opportunity: Pedal Me, Zedify, and DPD's green last-mile programme are active in this geography. We are pursuing contracts from launch. The conservative financial model assumes zero cargo revenue in Year 1 — this is upside, not a required assumption. If contracts are in place by Year 2, cargo materially improves the surplus position.
— LCD advertising screens on cargo trailer units are a secondary revenue target — member-approved advertisers only, with members voting on acceptable categories. At £200–300/screen/month across 10 cargo bikes, this could contribute £24,000–36,000/yr. We include it in the base-case model as a modest line item, not a primary revenue driver. It is not assumed in the conservative case.
— Brand supply partnership — a preferential fleet supply arrangement with a manufacturer (target: Cube Bikes via Madison Ltd UK) in exchange for category exclusivity and civic brand positioning. This reduces capex if agreed; it does not affect the revenue model. We are pursuing it; it is not assumed.
— Surplus returned to members — not extracted by investors. Where the cooperative generates surplus, members vote on whether it is distributed as dividend or retained for fleet investment. The long-term aim is to reduce effective member cost as the model matures. That is the direction of travel, not a Year 1 guarantee.
Compare TfL Zones 1–2 at £1,684 per year.
Mobility Commons: cooperative transport ownership, democratic governance, and surplus returned to the people who use it.
Pilot 02 · Energy Commons

Every household already pays an energy bill.
Most of them pay too much.

The Energy Commons is a citizen-owned renewable energy cooperative. Households join collectively, negotiate cheaper green electricity, and vote on investments in a diversified generation portfolio — solar farms, wind turbines, and geothermal wells. Each asset type contributes differently: solar is cheapest to deploy, wind produces the most reliable output at scale, geothermal is the game-changer — baseload, 24/7, weatherproof power that transforms surplus from aspiration into structural reality.

This is not a subsidy. It is not charity.
It is collective ownership of the infrastructure that powers civilisation.
— Solar commons (£800k/MW): the entry point. Lowest capital cost, fastest deployment, excellent in combination with wind. UK load factor ~11–13%. Member contributions fund incremental capacity. Revenue from grid export after household consumption creates the first surplus stream.
— Wind commons (£1.3–1.6M/MW onshore): the workhorse. UK onshore wind achieves 28–35% load factors — three times solar. A single 3.5MW turbine generates £2.8–7M annually at market rates. Members vote on turbine siting, contracts, and revenue distribution. Surplus export to grid is the primary dividend engine.
— Geothermal commons (£15–25M/well): the structural breakthrough. Modelled on the Eden Geothermal project (operational June 2023, 5.3km well, £24M capital) and UDDGP United Downs (2MWe electricity + 10MWth heat). Geothermal runs at 90%+ capacity factor — it operates continuously regardless of weather. One well pair producing 2–3MWe and 10MWth heat delivers consistent baseload power and a district heat network. This is the asset that makes the dividend genuinely transformative.
— Surplus energy dividend: after member household consumption is met, all three asset types export surplus electricity to the grid. At UK wholesale prices (£55–80/MWh), a portfolio of solar, wind and geothermal generating significant surplus produces a cash return that flows back to members annually — not as a subsidy, but as a rightful return from collectively owned productive assets.
— Monthly governance: members vote on which assets to fund next, surplus distribution between reinvestment and dividend, supplier contracts, and grid export pricing strategy. Every bill payment and every board meeting is a governance event.
Geothermal is the sleeping giant of UK renewables.
It lies not under our noses — but literally under our feet. — Sir Tim Smit KBE, Co-Founder, Eden Project
Geothermal deep-dive · UK viability analysis · updated March 2026

Deep geothermal in the UK:
the evidence so far.

The UK's geothermal potential has moved from theoretical to operational in under three years. The British Geological Survey now identifies 45 viable deep sites, eight geological super regions with multi-technology potential, and a government-backed roadmap to 360 plants by 2050. The question is no longer whether UK geothermal works — it is who owns it when it does.

45
deep geothermal sites
identified UK-wide
Durham Energy Institute, 2023
8
geological "super regions"
with multi-tech potential
BGS, June 2025
360
plants projected by 2050
15,000 GWh/yr heat
Renewable Energy Association
100yr
UK's total heating demand
covered by known reserves
BGS estimate
— United Downs operational (2025): the UK's first deep geothermal power plant switched on in early 2025 near Redruth, Cornwall — 18 years in development, £50M total cost, financed via private investment and £15M from the European Development Fund. Production well to 5.275km depth into Carnmenellis granite, accessing fluid at over 200°C. Delivers 2–3MWe electricity via Organic Rankine Cycle turbine plus up to 10MWth heat for district supply. The plant also extracts lithium from geothermal brines — a strategic critical mineral for EV batteries — making it a dual-revenue asset from day one.
— Eden Geothermal (operational, June 2023): 5.3km well on Eden Project land, Cornwall. Capital cost £24M. Produces heat for the Biomes at ~85°C, reducing Eden's heating costs by 40%. Heat only — not power generation — but a proof of concept for the Cornwall granite model at commercial scale. Phase two targets electricity generation.
— The 8 super regions (BGS, June 2025): the British Geological Survey identified eight UK "geological super regions" — areas where subsurface conditions support multiple energy technologies simultaneously. South West England (Cornwall granite) leads for deep power generation. North East and North West England, the Scottish Central Belt, and Northern Ireland each offer viable combinations of geothermal heat, energy storage and CCS potential. A government-funded interactive mapping platform, the UK Geothermal Platform, launched in August 2025 to help councils and developers identify viable sites at local resolution.
— An honest geography: Cornwall's geology is exceptional in the UK context — naturally fractured granite, fault zones allowing fluid circulation, and surface heat flow higher than anywhere else onshore. The 45 identified sites nationally include hot sedimentary aquifer locations that are better suited to district heating than electricity generation. Deep granite power (like United Downs) requires temperatures approaching 200°C at depth — achievable in Cornwall and potentially in Weardale and parts of Scotland, but not uniformly distributed. A quarter of the UK population lives above abandoned coal mines that could supply geothermal heat via mine-water systems at much lower capital cost. The opportunity is large and real — but location-dependent.
— The American drilling revolution: in 2024, Fervo Energy (US) drilled to 4.8km in 16 days — the same depth that took Eden 100 days. Dry-hole well costs fell 50% to $4.8M between 2023 and 2024. Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) using horizontal well pairs are transforming the economics globally. The UK oil and gas workforce carries directly transferable skills. Global investment in deep geothermal electricity grew 80% year-on-year between 2018 and 2024, driven partly by data centre demand from Google, Microsoft and Meta seeking 24/7 clean baseload — the same property that makes it compelling for a cooperative energy commons.
— Capacity factor vs all other renewables: geothermal runs at 90%+ capacity factor — it runs continuously, regardless of weather. UK onshore wind averages 30–35%. UK solar averages 11–13%. A 2MWe geothermal plant produces the same annual output as a 6MW wind farm or a 15MW solar installation, with zero intermittency. It is the only form of baseload renewable power available to the UK at domestic scale outside nuclear — and unlike nuclear, a cooperative can own a stake in it.
— Viability verdict for the Energy Commons: high capital cost (£15–25M/well pair), long development timeline, and location dependency mean geothermal is a Year 5+ investment for most Energy Commons cooperatives. But the economics after commissioning are structurally superior to any other renewable: near-zero marginal cost, 30+ year asset life, heat and power combined, and a secondary lithium revenue stream emerging. In viable locations — Cornwall, northeast England, Scottish Central Belt — this is not a speculative asset. It is a long-term infrastructure decision. The simulation below models what happens to the cooperative dividend when geothermal comes online.
Wind deep-dive · UK onshore viability · updated March 2026

Onshore wind in the UK:
the evidence so far.

Wind is the UK's single largest source of electricity, now generating nearly 30% of the country's power. After a decade of policy obstruction, the planning ban on English onshore wind was lifted in 2024. The cooperative model — pioneered in Denmark and now established in the UK — means communities can own the turbines, not just live near them.

32 GW
total UK installed wind
16GW onshore · 16GW offshore
RenewableUK, 2025
30%
of GB electricity
from wind in 2025
85 TWh generated
47 GW
onshore pipeline
operational + planned
RenewableUK, Sept 2025
73%
UK public support
for onshore wind
DESNZ Tracker, Spring 2025
— The planning ban is over. From 2015 to 2024, English onshore wind faced a de facto ban requiring near-unanimous local approval — a threshold almost no project could meet. In July 2024, the new government revised the National Planning Policy Framework to put onshore wind on equal footing with all other energy infrastructure. Normal planning processes now apply. In 2025, 4.4GW of new capacity was submitted for planning across 135 projects, nearly double the 2024 figure. The Onshore Wind Taskforce Strategy, published July 2025, sets out a clear route to 35GW onshore by 2035.
— The UK is one of the windiest countries in Europe. UK onshore wind achieves a long-run average load factor of 31.3%, according to the Digest of UK Energy Statistics — three times the solar load factor and more than any comparable geography. Scotland dominates the installed base (over half of all onshore capacity), but northern England, Wales, and Northern Ireland all carry viable wind resource. The 47GW pipeline now under development or planning represents a potential tripling of current onshore capacity by 2033.
— Cooperative wind has a 30-year track record. Baywind Energy Co-operative, founded in 1996, was the UK's first community-owned wind cooperative — now over 1,300 members, each with one vote. In Denmark, by 2001 over 100,000 families belonged to wind cooperatives that had installed 86% of all turbines in the country. The Garth Wind Farm in Shetland (4.5MW), operated by North Yell Development Council, reached full financial stability by 2025 — servicing its borrowing and funding community projects. The Westmill Wind Farm co-op in Oxfordshire has been generating returns for members since 2008. Community ownership is not experimental; it has a functioning international template.
— The new community benefits framework. The July 2025 Onshore Wind Taskforce Strategy updated England's Community Benefits Protocol, reaffirming a £5,000/MW/year baseline expectation for payments to communities near wind farms. It also formalises shared ownership as a goal — local authorities can now lead or enable cooperative wind schemes on public land, with support from Great British Energy. Scotland already generates ~£75M/year in community benefit payments from onshore wind nationally. A 3.5MW turbine at £5,000/MW would contribute £17,500/year in community payments alone — separate from dividend income for members who invest directly.
— Wind and solar are complementary, not competing. Analysis by Ember (2025) found that for 98% of days in Britain, it is either windy or sunny. Low-wind days coincide with low-solar days just 2% of the time. In the first half of 2025, a slow wind period was offset by record solar generation, keeping gas use to a minimum. For a cooperative energy portfolio, combining wind and solar directly addresses intermittency — the two assets are naturally anti-correlated across seasons and weather patterns. Wind is the winter workhorse; solar carries the summer load.
— Viability verdict for the Wind Commons. Onshore wind at 3.5MW per turbine and £1.3–1.6M/MW capex is the most scalable asset in the cooperative portfolio. At a 31–35% load factor, a single turbine generates 9,500–10,700 MWh/year — enough for ~2,700–3,000 UK households. At £65/MWh, that is £617k–£696k/year in generation value before member consumption offsets. Finance at 7% over 25 years on a £5.25M turbine costs approximately £37k/month. The model is viable from a small membership base and scales cleanly. The planning unlock of 2024 means sites that were previously blocked in England are now accessible. Scotland remains the highest-resource geography and has the most mature cooperative infrastructure.
Solar deep-dive · UK viability · updated March 2026

Solar in the UK:
the evidence so far.

Solar is now the UK's fastest-growing energy technology by installation count, its cheapest form of new electricity generation, and the only renewable that can be deployed at both household and farm scale simultaneously. The cooperative ownership model is already operational, with some of the UK's earliest community energy organisations built on solar assets.

21.5 GW
total installed UK solar
as of November 2025
DESNZ, Dec 2025
2.6 GW
installed in 2025 alone
fastest build rate in a decade
Electric Insights, Q4 2025
£72/MWh
CfD strike price 2025
cheapest new electricity source
Ember, 2025
60 GW
government target by 2030
nearly tripling current capacity
UK Solar Roadmap, 2025
— Solar is now the UK's cheapest new electricity. The 2025 CfD auction set a solar strike price of £72/MWh — below onshore wind (£73/MWh) and well below offshore wind (£78/MWh). Panel costs have fallen by over 25% in inflation-adjusted terms since 2013. The payback period for commercial solar installations is now estimated at 8 years. For a cooperative investing £800k/MW, that is a permanent, income-generating asset owned outright in under a decade. After payback, generation value flows entirely as member benefit.
— 2025 was a record year. Solar capacity hit 21.5GW by November 2025 — 13% growth in a single year. Britain installed 2.6GW of new solar in 2025, the fastest build rate in over a decade, with 244,000 new installations breaking the annual record. A new generation peak of 14,035MW was set on 8 July 2025. In the first half of 2025 alone, solar generated 9.91 TWh — a third more than the same period in 2024. The UK Solar Roadmap, published in 2025, confirmed a government target of 60GW by 2030, requiring continued rapid expansion.
— Community solar is already working. Westmill Solar Co-op, established in 2012, was the world's largest cooperatively operated community solar park at launch. In March 2025 alone, the cooperative distributed £41,232 in community funding grants. Brighton Energy Co-operative, a Community Benefit Society, installs fully funded solar arrays on local businesses in exchange for roof leases — members invest from £300 upward and receive returns. In early 2025, Community Energy Together orchestrated the largest transfer of community energy assets in UK history — 35MWp of solar capacity acquired collectively, increasing community solar capacity in England and Wales by one fifth in a single transaction.
— Load factor is low — and that is manageable. UK solar achieves approximately 10–12% capacity factor in the UK climate, compared with 31% for wind. A 1MW solar farm generates roughly 1,051 MWh/year. This is not a disqualifier — it is a planning variable. Solar's advantage is capital cost (£800k/MW vs £1.5M/MW for wind) and deployment speed (months vs years). A cooperative with 300 members can fund a 1MW installation from member contributions alone, producing enough avoided cost and export revenue to run profitably from year one, with no finance required. Larger farms require finance but remain viable — 15 CfD-backed solar farms came online in 2025, demonstrating commercial bankability at scale.
— Solar and wind together solve the intermittency problem. Ember's 2025 analysis of GB generation data confirmed that wind and solar generation are correlated with each other only 2% of the time at their lows — meaning one is almost always producing when the other is not. Summer days with weak wind are typically the highest solar days. Winter periods with low solar are the strongest wind months. A cooperative portfolio holding both assets eliminates the need for backup in all but the rarest conditions, and the cumulative generation approaches baseload-equivalent coverage. This is why the Energy Commons model sequences solar first (low capex, fast deployment), wind second (high output, strong dividend), and geothermal third (permanent baseload, transformational).
— Viability verdict for the Solar Commons. Solar is the cooperative's entry asset — lowest barrier, fastest build, immediate generation. At 1MW, £800k capex, 12% load factor, and £65/MWh export price, annual generation value is approximately £68k/year on pure export (or significantly higher when internal consumption offsets are included). With 300 member households consuming ~1,050 MWh/year collectively, a 1MW installation covers their entire electricity need — making the cooperative energy-self-sufficient from day one at a fraction of the cost of individual rooftop installations. The cooperative then builds additional capacity to generate export surplus and begin the dividend engine. Scale to 5MW and the numbers change fundamentally: £340k/year in generation value on a £4M investment, with growing surpluses as finance is repaid.
Pilot 03 · Public Intelligence Commons

Democracy between elections.
Evidence before votes.

The Public Intelligence Commons is a structured weekly voting platform for real local and national policy questions. Each vote is supported by AI-summarised evidence so that citizens can make informed decisions in minutes, not hours. It is the antidote to both political apathy and social media noise.

People do not disengage from democracy because they do not care.
They disengage because the system does not listen.
— Weekly referendums on real questions — NHS funding priorities, housing density proposals, transport vs green space trade-offs, local tax allocation. Not petitions. Structured, evidence-based votes.
— AI evidence summaries reduce the cognitive cost of informed voting. Each proposal presents a structured overview of arguments, trade-offs, and consequences — curated to inform, not manipulate.
— Visible outcomes: every vote result is published, submitted to relevant public bodies, and tracked. The platform only sustains participation if people see their votes produce visible effect.
— Global scalability: unlike mobility or energy, governance requires no physical infrastructure. It scales to any city, country, or language. This is the ultimate expression of United Commons — and it is built on the trust and habits formed by the earlier pilots.
III · Financial viability

Are these models financially credible?

Each pilot has been modelled in detail. The simulations below are live — adjust the parameters and the financial projections update in real time. These are not optimistic projections. They are stress-tested models designed to reveal the conditions under which each pilot is viable.

Fleet & Finance
Passenger e-bikes50
Cargo e-bikes10
Delivery + LCD screen per bike
Passenger bike cost£2,800
Cube Cross Hybrid Pro ~£2,800
Cargo unit (all-in)£5,500
Bike + trailer + LCD screen
Finance rate8%
Finance term36 months
Member Subscriptions
Monthly fee£50/mo
vs TfL Zones 1–2 = £140/month
Members per bike1.5×
= 75 total members
Revenue Streams
Sponsor (annual)£80k
Cargo rev / bike / day£90
Last-mile contracts: £60–150/day
Cargo days/month22 days
LCD / screen / month£250
Moving OOH: £200–500 in Hackney
Driver cost / cargo bike£1,800/mo
+£X/month surplus
Members75
Dividend / member / yr£–
Net annual cost£–
vs TfL Zones 1–2saves £1,100+
Monthly P&L
Revenue Mix
Surplus trajectory
Mo 1
Member growth (ramp)
Mo 1
Cooperative Base
Member households3,000
Avg monthly bill£140
UK household avg ~£135/mo (2025)
Collective buying saving18%
Cooperatives typically negotiate 15–25%
Member contribution/mo£15
Funds generation asset investment
Grid export price£65/MWh
UK wholesale/CfD: £55–80/MWh typical
🌋 Geothermal Well
Well pairs1 well pair
Based on UDDGP model · £20M/pair
Output per pair (MWe)2 MWe
UDDGP target: 2MWe + 10MWth heat
Heat revenue/MWth/yr£40k
District heat network revenue
Capacity factor90%
Baseload: 90%+ vs wind 32%, solar 12%
Finance
Finance rate7%
Finance term300 months
25yr (300mo) = standard infrastructure finance
+£X/month surplus
Households3,000
Annual generation–
Grid export surplus–
Dividend/household/yr£–
Monthly P&L
Revenue Mix
Generation source comparison (at current settings)
Surplus trajectory (24 months)
Mo 1
Cumulative treasury
Mo 1
Platform Parameters
Starting members5,000
Base engagement rate28%
Scales with trust and visible outcomes
Platform cost / month£4,000
Funding
Annual grant funding£120k
Civic tech / foundation grants
Member donation / mo£2
Optional contribution model
Platform viability
Final members (24mo)–
Avg participation–
Treasury (24mo)–
Threshold needed≥30%
Vote Cadence
WEEKLY
Report issues · Rate services · Nominate ideas
MONTHLY
NHS priorities · Housing · Transport trade-offs
QUARTERLY
Partnership decisions · Treasury allocation · Board elections
Participation trajectory
Mo 1
Member growth
Mo 1
Game theory note: Governance participation is a public goods game. The critical design mechanism is that every vote must visibly change something tangible. AI-summarised evidence reduces the cognitive cost of informed voting. Mobility and Energy Commons members arrive pre-primed for civic participation.

All three pilots at default parameters over 24 months.

The growth flywheel
🚲
Mobility Commons
10k–50k members Year 1
→
⚡
Energy Commons
100k–500k members Year 2–3
→
🏛️
Governance Platform
500k–1M+ members Year 3–5

Mobility builds proof of concept and the habit of governance. Energy provides the financial incentive for mass adoption. Governance becomes the platform once trust is established. Each pilot's members cross-pollinate into the next.

Adjust the penetration rate and portfolio mix below. The model uses real UK household data: 28.7M homes, £135/month average electricity bill, 3,323 kWh/yr per household. Savings combine bulk discount, avoided retail cost (£280/MWh), export revenue (£65/MWh) and annual dividend.

National Penetration
% of UK households in cooperatives30%
Denmark reached ~25% via community wind. UK target: 30–50% by 2040
Average cooperative size3,000 hh
Member monthly contribution£15/mo
Funds cooperative investment pool
Bulk discount negotiated20%
Collective purchasing power vs retail tariff
Solar Portfolio (per cooperative)
Solar capacity (MW)4 MW
£800k/MW · ~12% UK load factor
Wind Portfolio (per cooperative)
Wind turbines (3.5MW each)2 turbines
£1.5M/MW · ~32% UK load factor
Geothermal Portfolio (per cooperative)
Well pairs1 well pair
£20M/pair · 2MWe + 10MWth · 90%+ capacity factor
Finance
Finance rate7%
Finance term25 years
ANNUAL SAVING PER MEMBER HOUSEHOLD
£—
—%
reduction on current average bill · £135/mo baseline
EFFECTIVE MONTHLY BILL
£—
ANNUAL DIVIDEND
£—
NATIONAL SCALE
HOUSEHOLDS COVERED
—
TOTAL SAVING/YR
£—bn
COOPERATIVES
—
GENERATION
— TWh
UK DEMAND SHARE
—%
TOTAL CAPEX
£—bn
SAVING BREAKDOWN (per household/yr)
YEAR 26+ · ASSETS OWNED OUTRIGHT
When finance is repaid, the assets are permanently owned by members. Generation cost approaches zero.
POST-FINANCE DIVIDEND
£—
EFFECTIVE BILL
£—/mo
GENERATION MIX PER COOPERATIVE
Solar —%
Wind —%
Geothermal —%

Model assumptions. Retail price avoided: £280/MWh (Ofgem 2025 default tariff equivalent). Export price: £65/MWh (UK wholesale). Geothermal: 2MWe + 10MWth per well pair; heat revenue £40k/MWth/yr. Wind: 3.5MW turbines at 32% load factor. Solar: 12% load factor. UK total electricity demand: ~300 TWh/yr. Finance: asset-level commercial terms. This model calculates savings as: bulk discount + avoided retail cost for consumed generation + annual dividend from surplus export. Savings exceeding 100% of the current bill reflect export income — the cooperative becomes a net energy exporter, paying members rather than charging them.

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