… We introduce energy cooperatives as a synthesis of technological and social change. …
energy cooperatives. We therefore first present data on the characteristics of energy cooperatives …

… The literature review includes energy communities in general due to the lack of studies
on success factors of energy cooperatives. The main source is the EBSCOHost database “…

… potential role of energy cooperatives as intermediaries for renewable energy adoption and
… that includes knowledge dissemination, brokering and facilitation, technology validation and …

Renewable Energy Cooperatives (RECs) in Germany have received considerable attention
in recent years, their number having risen to nearly a thousand since 2004. This growth has …

… impacts of community energy, we focus on the conditions under which a specific form of
community energy – wind power cooperatives – emerges. Renewable energy (RE) cooperatives …

… energy cooperatives envision and manifest an alternative way of organising within the energy
… to an environmentally sustainable and socially just energy system. This paper presents …

… In an effort to fight entrepreneurial hegemony, various types of citizens' initiatives have
emerged, being the community energy groups or renewable energy cooperatives in various forms …

… the legal term “energy cooperative” was introduced into the RES act, RE cooperatives are
not … In Japan, due to specific regulations, cooperatives are not allowed to engage in business …

… portant to remember that many individual energy cooperatives are members of REScoop.eu
through their national federation, that is, they are represented indirectly. Among the full …

… of energy supply centered on renewable energy sources. From the perspective of the sociology
of organizations, we will argue that energy cooperatives … can help energy cooperatives to …