Updated: 16/04/2021 - 18:54
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Citizen energy cooperatives across Europe are fighting to bring the benefits of renewable energy production back into local communities.
The idea is not entirely new. Small groups have been generating their own renewable power for decades. But today, the network of communities across Europe is up to one million people.
The European Federation of Energy Cooperatives represents 1,500 energy cooperatives in Europe. Together, they want to compete with big extractive energy monopolies which exacerbate the climate crisis.
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Patagonia has just released a documentary We the Power , to encourage citizens to join the growing network of these communities and take part in the clean energy transformation.
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