List of energy cooperatives



This is a list of energy cooperatives. A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit. Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and businesses that are owned and managed by the people who use its services (a consumer cooperative) or by the people who work there (a worker cooperative) or by the people who live there (a housing cooperative), hybrids such as worker cooperatives that are also consumer cooperatives or credit unions, multi-stakeholder cooperatives such as those that bring together civil society and local actors to deliver community needs, and second and third tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperatives.

A 2009 study found that 23% of the newly founded cooperatives in Germany were in the energy sector. These cooperatives primarily operate wind farms, bioenergy and photovoltaic farms with local and regional scope.

Australia

 * Hepburn Wind Project

Bolivia

 * Cooperativa Rural de Electrificacion R.L. (CRE)

Belgium

 * BeauVent
 * BronsGroen
 * Campina Energie
 * CoopStroom
 * Denderstroom
 * Druifkracht
 * ECoOB
 * EnerGent
 * Ecopower
 * Elecoo cv
 * Klimaan
 * MegaWattPuur
 * PajoPower
 * Stroomvloed
 * Vlaskracht
 * Volterra
 * Zonnewind
 * ZuidtrAnt

Canada

 * Ag Energy Co-operative
 * WindShare

France

 * Enercoop

Germany
In 2014 Germany had close to 1000 energy cooperatives, among them:
 * Bürger Energie Region Regensburg eG (BERR)
 * Bürgerwerke eG
 * BürgerEnergie Buxtehude eG
 * BürgerEnergieAltmark eG
 * EnergieWende Erlangen und Erlangen-Höchstadt E- WERG eG
 * Elektrizitätswerke Schönau
 * Greenpeace Energy
 * HEG Heidelberger Energiegenossenschaft eG
 * Neue Energien West- NEW eG
 * Raiffeisen Bürger–Energiegenossenschaft Bliesgau eG
 * Regionalstrom Franken eG
 * Ur- Strom BürgerEnergieGenossenschaft Mainz eG
 * Windfang eG Frauenenergiegemeinschaft

Portugal

 * Coopérnico

Serbia

 * Elektropionir, Beograd
 * Sunčani krovovi, Šabac

Spain

 * Som Energia

Switzerland

 * Elektra Birseck Münchenstein

Turkey
As of 2022 there are 9.


 * Altınoluk Yenilenebilir Enerji Üretim Kooperatifi
 * İzmir Enerji Kooperatifi
 * Kayseri Mobilyacılar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kooperatifi
 * Troya Yenilenebilir Enerji Kooperatifi

United Kingdom

 * AWEL
 * Baywind Energy Co-operative
 * Brighton Energy Co-operative
 * Energy4All
 * Fetlar Wind
 * MaidEnergy Coop
 * Westmill Solar Co-operative
 * Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative

USA

 * Isle au Haut Electric Power Company
 * Fox Islands Electric Cooperative
 * National Wind
 * Native Wind
 * Vineyard Power Co-operative
 * Community wind energy – projects are locally owned by farmers, investors, businesses, schools, utilities, or other public or private entities who utilize wind energy to support and reduce energy costs to the local community