Thursday, July 19, 2012

United Kingdom: People power: why we believe in championing community energy

Guardian: Let's face it, in the UK, we're largely passive consumers of energy, subject to the vagaries of wholesale gas prices and large profit-making providers. But this state of affairs doesn't necessarily have to endure or be endured. Is it not possible to conceive of a model where the relationship between people and energy is reconstituted, so that communities own, control and benefit from their own renewable energy projects? We at the Co-operative think it is, and the bar set by other European countries,...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/social-enterprise-network/2012/jul/19/co-operative-championing-community-energy
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/7/18/1342615656585/South-Uist-008.jpg

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