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This is a list of energy cooperatives. A
cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...
is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit.Statement on the Cooperative Identity.
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International Cooperative Alliance The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) is a non-governmental co-operative federation or, more precisely, a co-operative union representing co-operatives and the co-operative movement worldwide. It was founded in 1895 to unite, represent an ...
.'' Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use its services (a
consumer cooperative A consumers' co-operative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members. Such co-operatives operate within the market system, independently of the state, as a fo ...
) or by the people who work there (a
worker cooperative A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and Workers' self-management, self-managed by its workers. This control may mean a firm where every worker-owner participates in decision-making in a democratic fashion, or it may refer to one in which ...
) or by the people who live there (a
housing cooperative A housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings; it is one type of housing tenure. Housing cooperatives are a distinc ...
), hybrids such as worker cooperatives that are also consumer cooperatives or
credit union A credit union, a type of financial institution similar to a commercial bank, is a member-owned nonprofit organization, nonprofit financial cooperative. Credit unions generally provide services to members similar to retail banks, including depo ...
s, multi-stakeholder cooperatives such as those that bring together civil society and local actors to deliver community needs, and second and third tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperatives. A 2009 study found that 23% of the newly founded cooperatives in Germany were in the energy sector. These cooperatives primarily operate wind farms, bioenergy and photovoltaic farms with local and regional scope.


Energy cooperatives


Australia

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Hepburn Wind Project The Hepburn Wind Project is a wind farm built and owned by Hepburn Wind, a community co-operative, and supported by the Victorian Government. The location of the project is Leonards Hill, south of Daylesford, Victoria, north-west of Melbourne ...


Bolivia

* Cooperativa Rural de Electrificacion R.L. (CRE)


Belgium


BeauVent

BronsGroen

Campina Energie

CoopStroom

Denderstroom

Druifkracht

ECoOB

EnerGent
* Ecopower
Elecoo cvKlimaan

MegaWattPuur

PajoPower

Stroomvloed

Vlaskracht

Volterra

Zonnewind

ZuidtrAnt


Canada

* Ag Energy Co-operative *
WindShare The ExPlace Wind Turbine is a tall wind turbine located on the grounds of the Exhibition Place co-owned by the WindShare for-profit co-operative and Toronto Hydro. It is the first wind turbine installed in a major North American urban city centre ...


France

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Enercoop Enercoop is a French electric utility cooperative company. It uses only renewable energy and is the only electric utility in France to be a cooperative. Its founding members include Greenpeace and other proponents of environmental protection ...


Germany

In 2014 Germany had close to 1000 energy cooperatives, among them: *Bürger Energie Region Regensburg eG (BERR) *Bürgerwerke eG *BürgerEnergie Buxtehude eG *BürgerEnergieAltmark eG *EnergieWende Erlangen und Erlangen-Höchstadt E- WERG eG *Elektrizitätswerke Schönau *
Greenpeace Energy Green Planet Energy (formerly named Greenpeace Energy) is a German electric utility in the form of a registered association. The stated goal of the cooperative is the provision of environmentally friendly energy to the electrical grid. As a foun ...
*HEG Heidelberger Energiegenossenschaft eG *Neue Energien West- NEW eG *Raiffeisen Bürger–Energiegenossenschaft Bliesgau eG *Regionalstrom Franken eG *Ur- Strom BürgerEnergieGenossenschaft Mainz eG *Windfang eG Frauenenergiegemeinschaft


Portugal

* Coopérnico


Serbia

* Elektropionir, Beograd * Sunčani krovovi, Šabac


Spain

* Som Energia


Switzerland

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Elektra Birseck Münchenstein Primeo Energie or EBM ''(Cooperative Elektra Birseck, Münchenstein)'' is a Swiss energy supplier with head office in Münchenstein. It was founded as a cooperative under private law in 1897. EBM supplies around 230,000 people with electricity ...


Turkey

As of 2022 there are 9. * Altınoluk Yenilenebilir Enerji Üretim Kooperatifi * İzmir Enerji Kooperatifi * Kayseri Mobilyacılar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kooperatifi
Troya Yenilenebilir Enerji Kooperatifi


United Kingdom

* AWEL *
Baywind Energy Co-operative Baywind Energy Co-operative was the first co-operative to own wind turbines in the United Kingdom. Baywind was modelled on the similar wind turbine cooperatives and other renewable energy co-operatives that are common in Scandinavia, and was fou ...
* Brighton Energy Co-operative *
Energy4All Energy4All facilitates the creation and development of community energy in the United Kingdom, based on the experience gained in the creation of the UK's first wind co-op, Baywind Energy Co-operative. It has gone on to raise ove£40mon behalf of t ...
* Fetlar Wind * MaidEnergy Coophttp://www.maidenergy.coop/ *
Westmill Solar Co-operative Westmill Solar Co-operative is the industrial and provident society that owns the Westmill Solar Park in Oxfordshire, England, believed to be the largest community-owned photovoltaic power station in the world. Project The project was originally ...
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Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative Ltd is a Community wind energy, community-owned Industrial and Provident Society that owns 100% of the Westmill Wind Farm which is an onshore wind farm near the village of Watchfield in the Vale of White Horse, En ...


USA

* Isle au Haut Electric Power Company * Fox Islands Electric Cooperative * National Wind * Native Wind * Vineyard Power Co-operative *
Community wind energy Community wind projects are locally owned by farmers, investors, businesses, schools, utilities, or other public or private entities who utilize wind energy to support and reduce energy costs to the local community. The key feature is that local c ...
– projects are locally owned by farmers, investors, businesses, schools, utilities, or other public or private entities who utilize wind energy to support and reduce energy costs to the local community


See also

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List of cooperatives This is a list of notable co-operative enterprises by country. Co-operatives are business organizations owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. For a list of Co-operative Federations, please see List of co-operative f ...
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List of co-operative federations This is a list of co-operative federations. For a list of individual Co-operative Enterprises, please see List of cooperatives. International * Africa Confederation of Co-operative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) * International C ...
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List of employee-owned companies This is a list of notable employee-owned companies by country. These are companies totally or significantly owned (directly or indirectly) by their employees. Employee ownership takes different forms and one form may predominate in a particular ...
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List of food cooperatives The following is a list of food cooperative grocery stores and buyers groups, current and defunct. Many of the second-wave food cooperatives formed in the 1960s and 1970s started as buying clubs. This list is not exhaustive, and is limited to no ...
* List of retailers' cooperatives *
List of worker cooperatives This is a list of worker cooperatives by country. Asia India * Amul * Indian Coffee House * Lijjat * Milma * Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society - A worker co-operative in the state of Kerala that builds infrastructure projects * ...
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List of utility cooperatives This is a list of utility cooperatives. Canada Energy * Ag Energy Co-operative * Blue Mountain Power Co-op * Lac La Biche Gas Co-Op * SPARK: Green Energy Alberta Telecommunications * Access Communications Co-operative (Saskatchewan) * ...


References

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