This is a list of energy cooperatives. A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit.[1] Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use its services (a consumer cooperative) or by the people who work there (a worker cooperative) or by the people who live there (a housing cooperative), hybrids such as worker cooperatives that are also consumer cooperatives or credit unions, multi-stakeholder cooperatives such as those that bring together civil society and local actors to deliver community needs, and second and third tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperatives.
A 2009 study found that 23% of the newly founded cooperatives in Germany were in the energy sector. These cooperatives primarily operate wind farms, bioenergy and photovoltaic farms with local and regional scope.[2]
Energy cooperatives
editAustralia
editBolivia
edit- Cooperativa Rural de Electrificacion R.L. (CRE)
Belgium
edit- BeauVent
- BronsGroen
- Campina Energie
- CoopStroom
- Denderstroom
- Druifkracht
- ECoOB
- EnerGent
- Ecopower
- Elecoo cv
- Klimaan
- MegaWattPuur
- PajoPower
- Stroomvloed
- Vlaskracht
- Volterra
- Zonnewind
- ZuidtrAnt
Canada
editFrance
editGermany
editIn 2014 Germany had close to 1000[4][circular reference] energy cooperatives, among them:
- Bürger Energie Region Regensburg eG (BERR)[5]
- Bürgerwerke eG[6]
- BürgerEnergie Buxtehude eG[7]
- BürgerEnergieAltmark eG[8]
- EnergieWende Erlangen und Erlangen-Höchstadt E- WERG eG[9]
- Elektrizitätswerke Schönau[10]
- Greenpeace Energy[11]
- HEG Heidelberger Energiegenossenschaft eG[12]
- Neue Energien West- NEW eG[13]
- Raiffeisen Bürger–Energiegenossenschaft Bliesgau eG[14]
- Regionalstrom Franken eG[15]
- Ur- Strom BürgerEnergieGenossenschaft Mainz eG[16]
- Windfang eG Frauenenergiegemeinschaft[17]
Portugal
edit- Coopérnico [18]
Serbia
editSpain
editSwitzerland
editTurkey
editAs of 2022 there are 9.[19]
- Altınoluk Yenilenebilir Enerji Üretim Kooperatifi[19]
- İzmir Enerji Kooperatifi[19]
- Kayseri Mobilyacılar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kooperatifi[19]
- Troya Yenilenebilir Enerji Kooperatifi [19]
United Kingdom
edit- AWEL[20]
- Baywind Energy Co-operative
- Brighton Energy Co-operative
- Energy4All
- Fetlar Wind[21]
- MaidEnergy Coop[22]
- Westmill Solar Co-operative
- Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative
USA
edit- Isle au Haut Electric Power Company
- Fox Islands Electric Cooperative
- National Wind
- Native Wind
- Vineyard Power Co-operative
- Community wind energy – projects are locally owned by farmers, investors, businesses, schools, utilities, or other public or private entities who utilize wind energy to support and reduce energy costs to the local community
See also
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References
edit- ^ Statement on the Cooperative Identity. Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine International Cooperative Alliance.
- ^ Climate Change Governance. Berlin: Springer. 2013. p. 110. ISBN 978-3-642-29831-8.
- ^ Ag Energy Co-operative website
- ^ de:Bürgerenergiegenossenschaft
- ^ "Start". www.berregensburg.de.
- ^ "Bürgerwerke - 100 % Ökostrom – Von Bürgern für Bürger -". buergerwerke.de.
- ^ buergerenergie-buxtehude.de
- ^ "BürgerEnergieAltmark eG, Altmark". www.buerger-energie-altmark.de.
- ^ "EWERG eG - Bürgergenossenschaft EnergieWende Erlangen und Erlangen-Höchstadt eG". www.ewerg.de.
- ^ "atomstromlos. klimafreundlich. bürgereigen. - EWS Schönau". EWS Schönau.
- ^ "Privatkunden".
- ^ "Home - HEG Heidelberger Energiegenossenschaft eG". www.heidelberger-energiegenossenschaft.de.
- ^ "NEW – Neue Energien West eG - NEW - Neue Energien West eG, Bürger Energiegenossenschaft West eG im Landkreis Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab und der Stadt Weiden i. d. Oberpfalz". www.neue-energien-west.de.
- ^ "BuergerEnergieGenossenschaft Bliesgau - Startseite". www.beg-bliesgau.de.
- ^ "Regionalstrom Franken". Regionalstrom Franken eG.
- ^ "Urstrom eG Bürgerenergiegenossenschaft". www.urstrom.com.
- ^ "Windfang eG - Frauen im Aufwind - Home". s477174211.website-start.de.
- ^ "Coopérnico - Energia verde, Sustentabilidade, Cidadania". www.coopernico.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Türkiye'deki güneş enerjisi kooperatifleri, ithal enerji yüküne ne kadar çözüm olabilir?". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Home". Awel Aman Tawe. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Fetlar Wind website
- ^ "MaidEnergy | Home". maidenergy.coop. Retrieved 6 January 2024.