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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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New ways for the energy transition – the Viennese approach

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:42:35 +0000

The city of Vienna is Austria’s cultural and economic centre. The metropolitan area houses almost a third of Austria’s 8.9 million inhabitants. Vienna is also on track to becoming the country’s centre for green energy: by 2050, the city aims to meet half its energy consumption from renewable sources – and be close to fully…

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Rijeka: The energy transition of Croatia’s seaport

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:26:30 +0000

Municipal planning and clever funding strategies In 2016, Rijeka adopted an Energy Efficiency Action Plan for the period 2017-2019. In February 2020, it moved to an Efficiency Action Plan for 2020-2022, which commits to investing 171.6 million kuna (€22.9 million) into climate protection measures over the plan period. The funding is a combination of…

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Nottingham’s plan to win the race to carbon-neutrality

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:09:38 +0000

Putting solar panels on “everything that doesn’t move” The city itself is also producing local low-carbon energy. 5,000 homes and more than 100 businesses are being powered by energy created from the city’s waste via one of the country’s largest district heating networks. Additionally, the municipality is becoming a role model by equipping publicly owned…

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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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