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Back to all in-depth newsLocal best practices - 29.07.2022
Welcome to the Saerbeck climate cooperative: when locals invest in a renewable and independent energy future With its 7000 inhabitants, Saerbeck is a small German town with a big environmental ambition: to become an energy self-sufficient "climate community" by 2030. This will be achieved by maximising energy generation from renewable sources such as sun, wind, water and biomass as is consumed in private households and commercial enterprises.
Saerbeck has, since 2009, aimed to become the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia's model climate municipality of the future. The municipal "climate concept" has since become part of the vocabulary of Saerbeck's citizens and indeed all inhabitants are encouraged to participate in this effort to locally and sustainably produce all of households' and ...
Saerbeck has, since 2009, aimed to become the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia's model climate municipality of the future. The municipal "climate concept" has since become part of the vocabulary of Saerbeck's citizens and indeed all inhabitants are encouraged to participate in this effort to locally and sustainably produce all of households' and ...
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