ABSTRACT
In the Introduction, wind energy co-operatives are discussed in the context of the energy transition and in relation to energy justice and energy equality. Energy co-operatives could be part of a new paradigm of energy production based on diffused and democratic energy production ownership. As the UN Human Rights Council has compellingly argued, climate change impacts disproportionally on poorer individuals who have contributed the least to it. In this respect, climate change is also an issue of environmental justice and wind farm co-operatives present an ownership model that, among many other policies, could contribute to addressing the energy justice problem. Furthermore, community wind farm co-operatives, along with wind community benefits provision, could facilitate the social acceptability and social acceptance of wind farms and contribute to compensating local communities for hosting wind turbines.
