초록

In 2005 a group of citizens of a small German village had the idea to heat the houses of the village from a central heating system with sustainable bioenergy. Working groups were built. They collected information about technology, financing, legal form and public relation. A successful feasibility study could be executed because the community and an EU program sponsored the study. A registered cooperative was identified as the most suitable legal form for the project. The cooperative was founded in 2007. One year later after a hard time of planning and building, the heating plant and the 7 km long pipe net went live with about 117 connected houses. 300 000 l of heating oil are saved every year. That is a yearly reduction of 900 t of CO2-emission. The project is a citizen’s project initiated, executed and voluntarily run by the current 136 members of the cooperative.

키워드

Bioenergy, Cooperative, Sustainability, Photovoltaic Modules

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