Retenergie energy cooperative Retenergie Società Cooperativa

The Retenergie cooperative was founded in 2008 in Fossano, northern-western Italy, by a group of people engaged in the field of self-production of renewable energy. The foundation of the cooperative involved the continuation of the “adopt a kilowatt” initiative by Solare Collettivo, which aimed to include the end-users of energy in production activities. The idea behind the cooperative was to produce renewable energy with low environmental impact through the form of popular shareholding, with strong social ideals and fairness in distribution. The cooperative form was chosen because the initiators believed that the objectives must be consistent with the means used to achieve them, i.e., participation, sufficiency, and solidarity.