Energy cooperatives

A renewable energy cooperative (aka RE co-op; REC) is a decentralized, non-governmental initiative of local communities and citizens to promote the production and consumption of renewable energy (Wikipedia). Ana Džokić is an architect and one of the founders of the energy cooperative Elektropionir (Serbia): in this video she presents the main features of energy cooperatives. 

To go more in depth in the topic, you can read:

• the paper "Engaging men and women in energy production in Norway and the United Kingdom: The significance of social practices and gender relations": “Phases of appropriation, objectification, incorporation and conversion of household solar systems are gendered in the sense that women and men have different economic, social and cultural capital, and this influences their interaction with technology in the transition from consumers to prosumers”;
• the study “Energy cooperatives - Comparative analysis in Eastern Partnership countries and Western Balkans” which focusses on energy cooperatives as one important instrument for energy communities;
• the paper “Development prospects for energy communities in the EU identifying best practice and future opportunities using a morphological approach”, which analyses best practices for energy communities.