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!

Download Energy communities: Working together - EN (343.6 KB) (PDF) 

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.