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This book offers a comprehensive and detailed overview of successful renewable energy projects in the European Union. After the decision of several European governments to change energy policies in favor of renewable energy sources, the number of nuclear power plants as well as overall coal production have decreased significantly already. Conrad Kunze and Sören Becker present recent energy projects that have successfully managed the change towards sustainable energy while functioning within local economies and adhering to the principles of participation, collective property, and ecologic awareness. Using a selection of 15 examples, the authors showcase the already existing parallel universe of 'small alternatives' and argue that, if used properly, renewable energy projects can not only lead the way in the fight against climate change but facilitate societal change on an even larger scale.

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Kunze and Becker offer an important view on outstanding energy changes in Europe. An essential contribution to the debate on energy democracy and its implementation. --Mareike Post, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

Kunze and Becker offer an important view on outstanding energy changes in Europe. An essential contribution to the debate on energy democracy and its implementation. -Mareike Post, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

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Conrad Kunze is a sociologist and historian, currently at the Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Germany. Soren Becker is a geographer and political scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), Erkner, Germany.

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