Case study: Energy Communities - Working together
2. Factsheet
Whatever kind of energy community you’re part of, the future of your community is key. In this fact sheet you will:
- Find out why it’s important to build and sustain an energy community.
- Explore what motivates people to join an energy community.
- Consider some ideas for how we can collaborate and work better... together!
Go deeper! Be inspired by more examples of European energy community sustainability:
- Read about the history of an 100-year old energy community in Germany in Empowering citizens through energy: The Hindelang Co-operative
- Explore resources from the Energy Citizens for Inclusive Decarbonisation (ENCLUDE) project including The Changemaker’s Guide to the Energy Transition – A new playbook for citizens by ENCLUDE.
- Cleanwatts in Portugal, who deliberately centred community and collaboration from their inception.