Wind turbine cooperative
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A wind turbine cooperative, also known as a wind energy cooperative is a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise that follows the cooperative model, investing in wind turbines or wind farms.
The cooperative model was developed in Denmark, where families were offered a tax exemption for generating their own electricity within their own or an adjoining commune.[1] By 2001 over 100,000 families belonged to wind turbine cooperatives, which had installed 86% of all the wind turbines in Denmark, a world leader in wind power.[2]
The model has also spread to Germany and the Netherlands, with isolated examples elsewhere.
[edit] See also
- Wind power in Denmark
- Wind power in Germany
- Wind power in the Netherlands
- Baywind Energy Co-operative, United Kingdom
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[edit] References
- ^ Community-Owned Wind Development in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, Paul Gipe, Wind Works, published 1996, accessed 2007-06-21
- ^ Middelgrunden Wind Turbine Co-operative, Copenhagen Environment and Energy Office, published 2001, accessed 2007-06-21
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