Community Supported Energy

Community Supported Energy Offers a Third Way
by Greg Pahl, Vermont Biofuels Association, Co-Founder
posted March 12, 2007 on renewableenergyaccess.com

This strategy involves the cooperative or collaborative installation and ownership of renewable energy projects at the local, community level.

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Community Supported Energy (CSE) projects are somewhat similar to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The main difference, however, is that instead of investing in potatoes, carrots, or cucumbers, with CSE, local residents invest in energy projects that provide greater energy security and a wide variety of other benefits.