What is Community Energy?
The Power of Community Energy
This section introduces the concept of community energy and its role in providing green, clean, and sustainable energy to local communities. It highlights the importance of community involvement in understanding, owning, and saving energy.
What is Community Energy?
- Community energy is a movement that harnesses the power of natural resources to provide local communities with green, clean, and sustainable energy.
- It brings communities together to understand, own, and save energy.
- Community energy organizations utilize various technologies such as solar panels on buildings or in fields, wind turbines, electric vehicle charging stations, and energy efficiency measures.
Benefits of Community Energy
- Over 400 organizations across the country are empowering local communities through community energy initiatives.
- Direct community involvement ensures that everyone manages the change and benefits from it.
- Investors who support these initiatives receive a return on their investment.
- Profits generated by community energy organizations are used to support community initiatives like food banks and energy improvements for vulnerable individuals.
- Community energy projects contribute to tackling inequality, improving people's lives, promoting energy efficiency, protecting the natural environment, addressing climate change issues, and building thriving communities.
Learn More about Community Energy
To find out more about community energy projects and how they empower both people and projects towards a fairer and more sustainable net-zero future for all, visit powertochange.org.