ENERGY

policy, legislation and regulation to support and encourage local and renewable energy

Co-operatively Owned Wind Turbines (Denmark):

Middelgrunden cooperative bylaws

By laws for collectively finance, build and operate wind turbines owned by a group of residents

Citizen Reclamation of Power Grid (Germany):

documentation concerning implementation of referendum

Hamburg residents forced a referendum on buying back the city's energy infrastructure

Incentivising Solar on Rented Roofs (Germany):

Legislation (link forthcoming)

Law offering subsidy to landlords for provision of solar energy or combined heat and power to tenants

Future Energy Jobs Act (US)

Effective 1 June 2017

Legislation incentivising investment in renewable energy (wind and solar) and associated training and employment opportunities