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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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Local energy ownership in Europe: An exploratory study

energydemocracy — Tue, 09 May 2017 08:54:14 +0000

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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Empowering our Future, Boulder, United States

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:50:44 +0000

Background Boulder is a small university town in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the state of Colorado and appreciated for its quality of life. However its energy supply is one of the most carbon-intensive in the United States, provided by a highly coal-dependent investor-owned utility, Xcel Energy. So in the early 2000s as…

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Retenergie, Piedmont, Italy

energydemocracy — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 06:22:57 +0000

Background The project Retenergie developed in the region of Piedmont in 2007. A group of friends and activists from various ecology movements decided to initiate a project and jointly invest in a set of PV panels. At first they called this project simply Solare Collettivo, solar collective. The commercial PV project “adopt one kilowatt hour” …

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