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9 July 2012
Hepburn Wind has been awarded the World Wind Energy Award 2012 at the World Wind Energy Conference in Bonn, Germany. As the first co-operatively owned and managed wind farm in Australia, Hepburn has two turbines that power over 1750 homes.
Hepburn Wind has been awarded the World Wind Energy Award 2012 at the World Wind Energy Conference in Bonn, Germany. As the first co-operatively owned and managed wind farm in Australia, Hepburn has two ...
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On December 16, 1992, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Resolution 47/90, proclaiming the first Saturday of the month of July to be the International Day of Cooperatives.
Two decades later, on June 26, 2012, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued a message in honour of the International Day of Cooperatives, which is being observed on July 7 this year, encouraging "all stakeholders to continue building awareness and pursuing policies to strengthen cooperatives ...
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On 19 June 2012 Cooperatives Europe, Euro Coop and Cecodhas Housing Europe hosted a joint high-level conference in the framework of the EU Sustainable Energy Week in ...
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Energy4All and ClearWinds have joined forces to create Devon Community Wind Co-operative, a new energy project in Devon.
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La Coop Fédérée and Prairie Bio Energy Inc have signed a new partnership agreement, which will enable Fédérée to become a leader in ...
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WestMill Solar will attempt to become the UK’s first community-owned solar energy farm this weekend.
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Ethical energy supplier Co-operative Energy has doubled in size after winning ‘The Big Switch’ auction.
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The Italian cooperative system is a model that inspires many organizations because it is so successful and versatile. And few people know as much about this system as Enzo Pezzini.
As Director of the Brussels office of the Confederazione Cooperative Italiane (Confcooperative), Mr. Pezzini has helped to promote and coordinate a number of large- scale European research projects on social cooperatives.
In this interview, Mr. Pezzini talks about the characteristics of the Italian cooperative ...
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Nearly one-third of Americans (29 percent) say they belong to a consumer cooperative and 72 percent of Americans think cooperatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are “helpful to consumers” with only 11 percent saying they are “unhelpful,” according to a new national survey. The survey was developed by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and was administered to a representative sample of 1,008 adult Americans by ...
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Nearly one-third of Americans (29 percent) say they belong to a consumer cooperative and 72 percent of Americans think cooperatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are “helpful to consumers” with only 11 percent saying they are “unhelpful,” according to a new national survey. The survey was developed by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and was administered to a representative sample of 1,008 adult Americans by ...
