A cooperative (also co-operative; often referred to as a co-op) is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit.
This form of organization is particularly suitable to support Decentralized production of Green Energy. The role of the cooperative would be to :
- Raise funds through selling shares
- Negociate Framework Agreements and manage relationship with :
- Permitting authorities
- Banks
- GRD
- Centralize expenditures to leverage bargaining power (toward suppliers)
- Centralize revenues to leverage bargaining power (toward clients)
- Lobby, communicate, train, inform :
- General Public
- EU Decision Makers
- Local Authorities
- Support the community through investing in local projects