Citizen Energy

Citizen Energy

Incheon Research Institute says wider citizen role in energy transition needs rewards, neighbourhood action and more citizen ownership

2026 planning study on citizen participation in energy for a carbon-neutral Incheon sorts domestic and foreign cases into four types; residents' survey points to economic incentives, ease of taking part and access to information

2026.11.02

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Seoul's Yeongdeungpo citizen solar cooperative proposes resident-funded solar plants on public car parks and rooftops; district head's office to check feasibility

The district would only find sites and grant use permits, while the cooperative and residents cover construction, lease fees and removal costs; part of the revenue would go to improving semi-basement and other vulnerable housing, with the Daerim 3-dong public car park and Singil transfer car park among sites discussed

2026.10.30

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Suwon seminar on a "solar fridge" model proposes using citizen solar revenue to stock 43 community fridges, with a "solar food solidarity fund"

The Suwon Council for Sustainable Development held the seminar on the 30th on linking community fridges, whose electricity and repair bills depend on grant programmes and donations, with citizen-funded solar plants; an energy cooperative, a citizen solar social cooperative and the city's future energy team leader took part, with an operating council and a small pilot named as next steps

2026.10.30

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Citizens' 299kW solar plant opens on Hwaseong produce centre roof as city lends the roof and residents put up the money for 'RE-bit No. 4'

Hwaseong Citizens' Renewable Energy Cooperative calls it the city's first citizen power plant on city-owned property; the mayor pledges more citizen solar on public rooftops and car parks, and the cooperative is pursuing a sunlight income village in Seokpo 6-ri, Jangan-myeon

2026.10.29

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Temple energy self-reliance briefing presents two solar models, 'self-consumption' and 'site lease,' for temples held back by upfront costs and paperwork

Buddhist Environmental Solidarity and Vairocana Natural Energy Cooperative hold briefing in Seoul on Oct. 29; temples would use power from residence roofs directly or lease parking lots to developers, with help offered from site assessment to permits and construction

2026.10.29

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Pyeongchang signs agreement on 21MW Undu-ryeong wind project; residents and county to invest part of 60 billion won cost, with residents receiving interest of about 10% of their investment a year

Wind farm around Undu-ryeong in Nodong-ri, Yongpyeong-myeon; developer, Pyeongchang County and residents sign on Oct. 28; first publicly led project in Pyeongchang to fund village welfare from interest income, but residents' total investment, number of participants and investment method not yet disclosed

2026.10.28

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Krimpen aan den IJssel fire station roof to get 200-plus panels from residents' cooperative, with 75-euro certificates open to locals

The municipality provides the roof and energy cooperative Energiek Krimpen buys the panels with its members, expected to produce enough power for about 25 households; target return of 3% a year plus annual repayment of part of the stake, putting the cooperative's net figure at up to 6%

2026.10.28

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Bewdley citizens' group proposes 'community-owned' solar canopies over public car parks, starting with a pilot on part of Dog Lane car park

Transition Bewdley's Bewdley Energy project would extend the scheme to other car parks in Bewdley and the Wyre Forest if the pilot succeeds; residents' views sought on 7 November, with capacity, cost and ownership model not yet disclosed

2026.10.28

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Pyeongchang to develop 21MW Undu-ryeong wind project with resident participation; county, developers, Korea South-East Power and residents' representative to sign agreement on Oct. 28

County plans to follow the Gadeoksan wind farm model in Taebaek, share information with residents from the start and work out a way to return generation profits to the community; residents' stake and profit share not yet disclosed

2026.10.27

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Dutch Waterland wind cooperative puts 30,000 euros of turbine income into local initiatives, with members voting online on recipients from 2027

The resident-owned cooperative with two turbines on the dike between Monnickendam and Marken offers up to 1,000 euros per group, applications until February 28; sport, culture and care are the three themes, with extra interest in projects for lonely neighbours

2026.10.27

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Ivrea's 125-year-old energy cooperative Aeg hands its gas network to Italgas and pledges to reinvest all proceeds in Italy's Canavese area

The cooperative of about 20,000 members returned 1 million euros through bill rebates over the past two years; forced out of network operation by area-wide tenders, it is drafting an industrial plan covering renewables and social projects, with the sale price undisclosed

2026.10.27

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Korean Catholic dioceses move unevenly on energy transition; Daejeon's parishioner-funded solar co-op reaches 2,982 members and 42 church plants totalling 3,250 kW

Queries to 15 dioceses show Suwon's self-generation at about 12% of its 22 MW target and Daejeon running a carbon-neutral parish certification, but no common system for compiling diocesan data on the same basis was found

2026.10.27

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Chip city Yongin generated renewables equal to just 0.8% of its 2022 power use; cooperative put up 910 million of 1.8 billion won for its first citizen-backed solar plant

Yongin ranks 4th of Gyeonggi's 31 cities and counties for greenhouse gas emissions but 27th for renewable output, and carried out 27.6% of its first energy plan; 1,000 kW of resident-funded solar is going up at four public sites, and a citizen solar cooperative with some 200 members has launched

2026.10.27

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Four inland Sicilian towns' renewable energy community Sicilia Solidale reaches 75 members and about 1MW of solar in a year and a half

Mussomeli and three neighbouring towns have about 500kW running and about 500kW awaiting grid connection; the community favours small systems on existing roofs over farmland and aims to pass 2MW by 2027

2026.10.26

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About 20 energy communities in Osona, Catalonia, share experience on an "energy tour" of four towns; 28 of Catalonia's 118 communities are in Osona

Organised by the county's local energy agency and the cooperative OECOOP, the tour visited communities in Vic, Sant Pere de Torelló, Torelló and Balenyà; Osona and Lluçanès have 29 cooperative-based communities and 96% of residents can join one in their own town

2026.10.26

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Suwon council committee approves city corporation's investment in citizen solar special-purpose company, with plenary vote due on the 28th

Environment and Safety Committee passed the bill unamended on the 22nd, with no investment amount or stake disclosed; in April the city outlined 20MW-plus of solar on public car parks and idle public land and a dividend scheme that pays citizen investors first

2026.10.25

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Draft Northmavine place plan in Shetland would restrict large energy schemes without community benefit and backs small community-owned projects

Ten-year plan drawn up by Northmavine Community Development Company with residents; concern over Eshaness as a landfall option for a second subsea cable, with comments open until 19 November

2026.10.24

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Energy cooperative in Krefeld, Germany, to halve the price of a share so more residents can join

Founded in 2018, it runs five rooftop solar plants financed by its 120 members, from 14kWp on a former velvet mill to 80kWp on a care home

2026.10.24

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Burglengenfeld's municipal utility and a citizen energy cooperative break ground on a 1MW solar park, with the co-op holding 70%, the utility 15% and the landowner 15%

First time the utility has taken a stake in a ground-mounted solar company; phase one costs about 550,000 euros, and the partners will also team up on a planned municipal wind farm

2026.10.23

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Temploux citizen wind cooperative Eole-Lien raises its second turbine after 14 years, with a citizen supply cooperative selling the power to residents

Ten members raised 500,000 euros in seven weeks for the first turbine in 2012; two turbines will supply twice the village's demand, with owl-inspired low-noise blades

2026.10.23

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Paju citizen power cooperative completes 81.92kW fifth plant on factory roof, marks fifth anniversary

Funded by citizens and installed on the K-Tofu Institute roof in Gwangtan; three-way agreement with newspaper cooperative Paju-eseo and Pyeonghwaro shop

2026.10.20

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Citizen-founded company in Japan's Iida has built 431 solar plants, nurtured over 20 years by free public roofs and a local energy rights ordinance

Ohisama Energy, founded in 2004, installs home systems at no upfront cost and hands over ownership after nine years of fixed payments; about 2,300 homes have rooftop solar

2026.10.18

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Do resident-participation agrivoltaics really pay residents? Fact-check rates the claim "half true"

Ansan citizen solar co-op and Yeongam energy self-reliance villages return revenue locally; ownership, investment shares and profit-sharing terms decide the outcome

2026.10.09

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Starting with 30 kW on a library roof, Ansan Citizen Solar Cooperative reaches 2,400 members and 13 billion won in capital in 13 years

60 plants built on leased public rooftops and parking lots; construction financed without collateral through credit union loans, with zero defaults across hundreds of transactions

2026.10.03

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Korean citizen power cooperatives demand scrapping of RPS overhaul, saying new solar is being steered to state firms and big generators

Of the 87 GW solar target for 2030, 38.2 GW would go to nine state generators and 12.8 GW-plus to private generators of 500 MW or more and public bodies; co-ops call for guaranteed citizen participation and distributed energy

2026.09.30

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Gimcheon citizens plan their own solar plants as energy cooperative holds founding meeting

Solar on public and idle land with earnings returned locally; construction after incorporation, completion targeted this year

2026.07.29

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Citizen power cooperative federation hands National Assembly deputy speaker five renewable reform proposals

74 co-ops with some 23,250 members run 342 citizen solar plants

2025.05.09