German community energy projects are not just fairy tales. Today, we speak with three German community renewables projects. Frank-Michael Uhle; he’s the climate action official in the county of Rhein-Hunsrück, where Europe's largest suspended footbridge, the Geierlay Bridge, was built with revenue from local wind farms. Stefan Bayerlein operates a district heat network fired with renewables in the Bavarian village of Larrieden. And Melanie Ball is a member of the all-women's co-op Windfang.

References:

“Gender Perspective” by IRENA: https://cms.irena.org//-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2019/Jan/IRENA_Gender_perspective_2019_EN_Summary.pdf

"Energy Democracy" by Craig Morris and Arne Jungjohann: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319318905

Tricolor: https://tricolor-web.com/