Name
Citizen’s Power Plant, Vienna
country
Austria
Goal
In Vienna, the city-owned energy utility Wien Energie, launched the “Citizen’s power plants” in 2012. The municipal company Wien Energie installs solar panels on suitable buildings and offers citizens the opportunity to buy them. Citizens then lease the modules back to Wien Energie and receive a yearly return on their investment, which can also be given as vouchers. The owners always have the possibility to give the panel back at the full price. At the end of the term of the rental agreement, the initial investment is returned to the investor.
Main Topic
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
All Topics
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
Increasing the EU's climate policy ambition for 2030 and 2050
Zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment
Scale
- Neighbourhood or Local community
- City and peri-urban
Actors
- Local government
- Regional government
Main Activity
Developing and/or producing goods;
Activities
- Conducting research, pilot studies and/or living labs
- Developing and/or producing goods
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.