Name
GemeindePOWER project Hohentannen
country
Switzerland
Goal
The community has achieved ambitious goals within a short time. Today every 9th house has its own power supply on the roof by means of a photovoltaic system. Together they produce more than 1 million kWh per year. This production corresponds to approx. 33 % of the annual electricity consumption. The area of these cells corresponds to over 7,200 m2 or an entire football field.
The heating system installed in 2009 in an old cowshed now supplies 42 houses with heat through underground pipelines. In the village of Hohentannen with a population of around 300 there are only 13 oil heaters left, all others heat with wood and very few with air heat pumps. More than 75% of the houses in the whole community use only the domestic raw material wood.
Main Topic
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
All Topics
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
Fostering a just transition: leaving no one behind (fostering i.e. inclusivity, equity, empowerment of marginalized communities or other goals regarding justice)
Scale
- City and peri-urban
Actors
- Local government
Main Activity
(Re-)selling goods and/or facilitating good exchanges;
Activities
- Developing and/or producing goods
- (Re-)selling goods and/or facilitating good exchanges
Source
This initiative is adapted from Cluster 1 (CL1), in the SONNET database.
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.