ENGY7002 Energy and Development, Semester 1, 2025
Group Project: Community Energy Proposal
Weighting: 40% of your total mark.
Assessment Criteria: See supporting marking rubric.
Due Date: 24 March 2025, 4pm (Brisbane time)
Your community:
Student teams will develop a proposed energy solution for a remote Queensland community to transition away from diesel power generation to a renewable energy system as part of Ergon Energy’s Isolated Networks Strategy.
Communities to choose from:
• Waiben, Thursday Island
• Mer, Murray Island
• Masig, Yorke Island
• Gununa, Mornington Island
• Palm Island
• Mapoon
• Doomadgee
The report:
Teams will prepare a report detailing their proposal, with the audience being key community stakeholders and Ergon Energy. The report should include an assessment of appropriateness of your chosen energy solution, proposed business model and the wider community impacts.
Your submission must use the frameworks and tools discussed in the intensive modules to consider the local context, develop an appropriate energy solution and detail the implementation strategy.
Your report should include:
• Executive Summary (1 page).
• Introduction and context (1 page)
• Proposed energy solution (1 page)
• Stakeholder identification and assessment: identification of key stakeholders to be engaged, their positions and their contact details; along with an assessment of their power and influence (2 pages)
• Assessment of community context (particularly relating to energy needs) using the:
• Energy Service Cascade (2 pages)
• Sustainable Livelihood Framework (2 pages)
• Appropriate technology assessment: Demonstration of appropriateness of the proposed energy system using comparative analysis from developed criteria relevant to the community (2 pages).
• Business Model: Proposed implementation articulated through the Business Model Canvas for the specific community context (2 pages)
• Communications and Engagement Plan: Details of planned activities that would take place during the lifecycle of the proposed project pertaining to relevant stakeholders (2 pages)
• Conclusions and recommendations (1 page)
• References (≥1 page)
Division of responsibilities:
For teams of 5 members, all 5 of the frameworks must be included in the submission - one per team member. For groups of 4, either the Energy Service Cascade or the Sustainable Livelihoods Cascade may be omitted. See the table below for clarification:
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Responsibility
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Team of 5
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Team of 4
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All team members
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Executive Summary
Introduction and context.
Proposed energy solution.
Stakeholder identification and assessment.
Conclusions and recommendations
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Executive Summary
Introduction and context.
Proposed energy solution.
Stakeholder identification and assessment.
Conclusions and recommendations
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Team member 1
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Energy Service Cascade
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Energy Service Cascade OR
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
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Team member 2
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Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
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Appropriate Technology
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Team member 3
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Appropriate Technology
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Business Model
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Team member 4
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Business Model
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Communications and Engagement Plan
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Team member 5
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Communications and Engagement Plan
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The marking rubric is designed to assess both individual and group components. Individually, each group member must be responsible for use of one of the frameworks and marked accordingly. Additionally, a proportion of the mark is allocated to the group sections of the report and ability to write a coherent proposal. See the rubric for clarification of how marks will be awarded.
A table indicating which team member completed which section of the report, must be included in the appendix. The appendix may also be used to include additional details to support the main body of report.