2014-2021

Catching the sun: How communities create their own people-powered solar solutions, Dec 28, 2021...@shareable

• Cutting energy consumption in Budapest, Jan 16, 2021..foeeurope.org
• Community-generated green electricity to be offered to all in UK, Jan 12, 2020...theguardian.com

• This small German town took back the power – and went fully renewable, Dec 6^[1]
• New scheme to help community groups generate electricity, Dec 2^[2]
• When a renewable energy revolution meets the landscapes of Orkney, the result is quite beautiful, Sep 2^[3]
• Parisian community recognised for its geothermal heating network, Jan 17^[4]

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• Virtual power station hailed as 'a game-changer', Dec 1^[1]

Communities lead governments on climate action, Nov 14^[2]

• Tesla battery will power unusual community storage project in Western Australia, Jul 11^[3]
• How a small town reclaimed its grid and sparked a community revolution, Feb 28^[4]
• Tesla and Australia will turn 50,000 homes into a virtual solar power plant, Feb 4^[5]
• Alaska can save its economy and environment by investing in renewable energy. What are we waiting for? Feb 22^[6]
• Energy democracy way to go for Indonesia, Feb 1^[7]
• Empower Generation: Women Are Leading The Energy Revolution In Nepal, Jan 29^[8]
• How This Small Town In Mexico Uses Solar Power For Economic Justice, Jan 24^[9]

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• An energy system vision for a community energy-led future? Dec 1, 2017...^[1]
• Solar power's popularity is on the rise in Saskatchewan, Nov 24^[2]
• This Brooklyn, New York Clean Energy Experiment Is Going Global, Nov 20^[3]
• Costa Rica's electricity generated by renewable energy for 300 days in 2017, Nov 22^[4]
• Solar energy ‘like light from heaven’ for rural Nicaragua, Nov 13^[5]
• New Zealand Aims to Transition to 100% Renewables by 2035, Nov 7^[6]
• Rural Rwanda is home to a pioneering new solar power idea, Oct 9^[7]

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• Will Public Banking Bring More Clean Energy Programs to California? Sep 28^[1]
• Solar grid keeps harvests high, hospitals lit in parched rural Zimbabwe, Sep 11^[2]
• What about the people missing out on renewables? Here's what planners can do about energy justice, Sep 10^[3]
• £1 billion solar programme for social housing tenants was launched in England and Wales, Sep 4^[4]

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• Malawian NGO Community Energy to install 45KW solar energy grid for villages in Mchinji, Aug 18^[1]
• Chile’s Energy Transformation Is Powered by Wind, Sun and Volcanoes, Aug 12^[2]
• Mongoose Energy completes community energy deal to power 4,500 homes in England, Aug 7^[3] “By the community sector working with the private sector you will see more of it (battery storage) very soon,” Emma Bridge, Community Energy England^[4]
• Illinois's Cook County Helps Solar Energy Cooperatives Rise and Shine, Jul 19^[5]
• Support local action now to build a cleaner energy future, Jul 14^[6]

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• Hundreds of US mayors endorse switch to 100% renewable energy by 2035, Jun 26^[1]
• Danish Energy Cooperative Lets Consumers Collectively Build Wind Turbines, Jun 21^[2]
• How Residents of Hamburg Reclaimed the Power Grid, Jun 21^[3]
• Local energy firms power 130,000 homes - the power of your community revealed, Jun 20^[4]
• How Electricity Cooperatives in the US are Paving the Way for a Renewable Future, Jun 19^[5]

The Case for Local, Community-led Sustainable Energy Programs, Jun 19^[6]

• Costa Rica Could Reach 300 Days Running on Clean Energy, Jun 17^[7]
• Tilos, Greece: the first island in the Med to run entirely on wind and solar power, Jun 15^[8]
• Fossil-free islands: A blueprint for sustainable development? Jun 14^[9]
• Hop on the bandwagon: #GoSolar bus tours Delhi to make solar power cool, Jun 11^[10]
• Solar power lights up the path to prosperity, Jun 12^[11]
• World Bank announces project to bring renewable energy to 45,000 people in Vanuatu, Jun 1^[12]

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• Blackout parties: how solar and storage made Western Australia farmers the most popular in town, May 15^[1]
• How A Man With No Coding Experience Built An App That’s Bringing Solar Power To Yemen, May 8^[2]
• Victoria backs renewable energy community hubs with $900,000 investment, Apr 28^[3]
• Off-grid living: it's time to take back the power from the energy companies, Apr 11^[4]

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• El ayuntamiento crea Barcelona Energia para autoabastecerse de electricidad, Mar 30^[1]
• Meet the First Nation Above the Arctic Circle That Just Went Solar, Mar 28^[2]
• Solar power lights up remote villages in Rajasthan, Mar 27^[3]
• Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy Among Themselves, Mar 13^[4]
• What rural Alaska can teach the world about renewable energy, Mar 6^[5]
• Energy positive: how Denmark's Samsø island switched to zero carbon, Feb 23^[6]

References

• Three lessons for cities in Denmark’s clean-energy revolution, Jun 30, 2016...^[1]
• 60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours, December 14, 2015...^[2]
• Cities And Regions Moving Towards 100% Renewable Energy, December 8, 2015...^[3]
• The co-benefits of community energy, October 8, 2015...^[4]
• Renewable Energy Now Employs 7.7 Million People Worldwide, May 19, 2015...^[5]
• The startup that's powering rural Africa with affordable, smart microgrids, May 13, 2015...^[6]
• This striking chart shows why solar power will take over the world, April 15, 2015...^[7]
• Energy: Thriving On Five Percent? March 3, 2014...^[8]

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