News & Articles on Community Power
Developing renewable energy on the scale needed to make the energy transition will require public acceptance. Unlike nuclear power, where society can force a single plant on a community for the benefit of society at large, renewable energy will have to become ubiquitous in our communities and on our landscapes. This can only be possible when the majority accept this transformation. Experience has taught that acceptance is greatest when neighbors and the community at large can participate in the renewable energy revolution. The beauty of renewable energy is that everyone can take part–and own a stake in their future–when given an opportunity to do so. The challenge is creating the policies that make this possible, whether it’s for a community wind project or a solar garden.
Josef Pesch–Strom Rebel of Freiburg
By
Paul Gipe
Pesch was named a strom (electricity) rebel by Elektritzitätswerke Schönau (EWS) in 2005 and that was a good reason for …
Samsø: Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island
By
Paul Gipe
Samsø is a 112 square kilometers island off the east coast of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula. Home to 4,300 residents, …
Observations on Bürgerbeteiligung–German Share Cooperatives–by Henning Holst
By
Paul Gipe
I first met Henning Holst in the late 1980s or early 1990s when he was developing citizen-owned wind projects …
Le Haut des Ailes: France’s First Large-Scale Cooperative Wind Plant
By
Paul Gipe
Some of the RePower turbines in Le Haut des Ailes near Igny, Lorraine, France. Photo by Paul Gipe We were …
Paul Gipe Colloque sur L’Energie Eolienne, Rimouski, Quebec, Version Francaise
By
Paul Gipe
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Pour la première fois en France, des particuliers se sont personnellement et financièrement impliqués dans un projet de parc éolien
By
Ademe
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Danish Wind Co-ops Can Show Us the Way
By
Russ Christainson
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Let the Sun Shine on Ontario’s Electricity Bill
By
Paul Gipe
An edited version of the article appeared in the August 11, 2004 edition of the Globe & Mail page …
