Som Energia
Som Energia is a renewable energies cooperative that was officially founded in December 2010, making it the first of its kind in Catalonia.[1] The project to create the cooperative was begun in November 2009 by a group of former students and lecturers at University of Girona and other contributors, with the objective of setting up something similar to initiatives such as Ecopower (Flanders) or Enercoop (France).[2] Som Energia intends to offer its members the possibility of consuming energy from sources that are 100% renewable at a price similar to conventional energy, as well as developing its own renewable energy projects.[3] On June 2013, the cooperative had over 8000 members, had invested over 3 million euro in renewable energy production projects, had produced over 350.000 kWh and employed 7 people.[4]
References
- ↑ "3cat24.cat: Es constitueix a Girona la primera cooperativa d'energia renovable a Espanya" (in Catalan).
- ↑ "Diari de Girona: Funden a Girona una cooperativa que vendrà i prodira energies renovables" (in Catalan).
- ↑ "El Punt: Ajuntar-se per produir quilowatts verds" (in Catalan).
- ↑ "Som Energia fomenta el cambio energético" La Marea (Madrid). July 2013. Issue 7, p.45