https://energy-democracy.net Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:03:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://energy-democracy.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-edimage-1-32x32.jpg https://energy-democracy.net 32 32 https://energy-democracy.net/som-energia-the-first-energy-cooperative-which-provides-an-alternative-to-the-traditional-energy-suppliers/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:46:16 +0000 https://energy-democracy.net/?p=1050 To this end, the organisation founded a green energy supplier by the same name in 2011. Seven years later the cooperative counts more than 35.000 members from all over Spain and 55.000 contracts. Every member can share its membership with 5 people so they can have a contract and get energy from the cooperative, without…

The post Som Energia, Catalonia (Spain) first appeared on ENERGY DEMOCRACY.]]> https://energy-democracy.net/local-energy-ownership-in-europe-an-exploratory-study/ Tue, 09 May 2017 08:54:14 +0000 https://energy-democracy.net/?p=979 Through an exploratory study authored by Andreas Rüdinger and funded by the French Agency for Energy Management (ADEME), Energy Cities decided to shed light on the various nuances surrounding this phenomenon of local reclaim over energy systems and offer new perspectives to cities wishing to replicate successful initiatives. This European overview focuses mainly on three…

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