Shared Energy Energie Partagée

Energie Partagée (Shared Energy) is a movement that aims at supporting and financing citizen renewable energy projects. It is composed of an association that promotes citizen energy, an energy cooperative that collects citizen investment and co-develops citizen projects, and an investment facility to directly contribute to citizen energy projects as a shareholder. Energie Partagée was established in 2010 by energy cooperatives and other like-minded organizations to identify and support citizen renewable energy projects based on a common charter that defines the values and characteristics of citizen projects (via their operating company) and is further used to attribute the label “Energie Partagée” following an evaluation process. Strong ownership of local actors, contribution to local development, shared governance, citizen ethical finance, and ecology are the five key aspects that are assessed during the evaluation process. The label aims at increasing the visibility of citizen projects and facilitating their replication.