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EnergÉtica Cooperative challenges energy poverty by supplying clean energy

energydemocracy — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:43:13 +0000

Transforming energy systems from the bottom up EnergÉtica was born in the decade of the 2010s in Valladolid, despite significant barriers such as the absence of a relevant cooperative movement, a scarce associative tradition and the perception that energy issues were far from social priorities. The energy issue was finally put on the social agenda…

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How Križevci’s residents created Croatia’s first crowdfunded solar power plant

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:58:55 +0000

The solar power plant In 2018, Križevci inaugurated a fully crowdfunded solar power plant. Located on the roof of the city’s business centre, it has a capacity of 50 kilowatts and is expected to save around 55 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The solar energy it produces will mostly be used to power the…

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Barcelona Energía: public power to tackle energy poverty and achieve energy sovereignty

energydemocracy — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:02:12 +0000

As part of this, Barcelona City Council created a new municipal retailer in 2018, Barcelona Energía (BE),[2] to serve as a key municipal tool contributing to the city’s energy transition. BE involves citizens in decision-making, and aims to increase energy efficiency, deliver renewable energy at affordable prices and address energy poverty. The ultimate goal is…

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Bristol, United Kingdom

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:34:27 +0000

Bristol is also a divided city, with tackling inequality at the top of the Mayor’s 2015 manifesto commitment. It is a port whose historic wealth is associated with the transatlantic slave trade, and a place of arrival for Afro-Caribbean people in the 1950s. In the 1980s, racial tension erupted into riots. Much of the environmental…

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