This is a list of energy cooperatives. A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit.Statement on the Cooperative Identity. International Cooperative Alliance. Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use its services (a consumer cooperative) or by the people who work there (a worker cooperative) or by the people who live there (a housing cooperative), hybrids such as worker cooperatives that are also consumer cooperatives or credit unions, 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 Hepburn Wind Project
Bolivia Cooperativa Rural de Electrificacion R.L. (CRE)
Belgium
BeauVent BronsGroen Campina Energie CoopStroom Denderstroom Druifkracht ECoOB EnerGent Ecopower Elecoo cv Klimaan MegaWattPuur PajoPower Stroomvloed Vlaskracht Volterra Wase Wind Zonnewind ZuidtrAnt
Canada Ag Energy Co-operativeAg Energy Co-operative website Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative WindShare
France Enercoop
Germany In 2014 Germany had close to 1000:de:Bürgerenergiegenossenschaft energy cooperatives, among them: Bürger Energie Region Regensburg eG (BERR) Bürgerwerke eG BürgerEnergie Buxtehude eGbuergerenergie-buxtehude.de BürgerEnergieAltmark eG EnergieWende Erlangen und Erlangen-Höchstadt E- WERG eG Elektrizitätswerke Schönau Greenpeace Energy 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 Elektra Birseck Münchenstein
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 Brighton Energy Co-operative Co-op Energy Energy4All Fetlar WindFetlar Wind website MaidEnergy Coop Westmill Solar Co-operative Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative
USA
A&N Electric Cooperative Allegheny Electric Cooperative Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Bailey County Electric Cooperative Basin Electric Power Cooperative Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative Brazos Electric Power Cooperative C&L Electric Cooperative Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative Capital Electric Cooperative Carroll Electric Cooperative Cass County Electric Cooperative Cavalier Rural Electric Cooperative Central Power Electric Cooperative Central Texas Electric Cooperative Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Choptank Electric Cooperative Clay County Electric Cooperative Cloverland Electric Cooperative Coleman County Electric Cooperative Comanche Electric Cooperative Concho Valley Electric Cooperative Cooperative Energy Corn Belt Power Cooperative Craighead Electric Cooperative Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative Dairyland Power Cooperative Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative Delaware Electric Cooperative EnergyUnited Farmers Electric Cooperative (Arkansas) Farmers Electric Cooperative (Texas) Fayette Electric Cooperative First Electric Cooperative Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative Fox Islands Electric Cooperative Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative Great River Energy Greenbelt Electric Cooperative Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative KEM Electric Cooperative McKenzie Electric Cooperative McLean Electric Cooperative Minnkota Power Cooperative Mississippi County Electric Cooperative Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative Nodak Electric Cooperative North Arkansas Electric Cooperative North Central Electric Cooperative Northern Plains Electric Cooperative Oglethorpe Power Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Oliver-Mercer Electric Cooperative Ouachita Electric Cooperative Ozarks Electric Cooperative Palmetto Electric Pedernales Electric Cooperative Petit Jean Electric Cooperative PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative Sawnee EMC South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Verendrye Electric Cooperative Vineyard Power Co-operative Wabash Valley Power Association West Florida Electric Cooperative Woodruff Electric Cooperative
See also
List of cooperatives List of co-operative federations List of employee-owned companies List of food cooperatives List of renewable energy companies by country List of retailers' cooperatives List of worker cooperatives
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