The power station Schönau is a company that was formed by a citizen´s initiative which meanwhile provides low-priced electricity out of renewable energies all over Germany. This electricity is mostly gained from hydropower.
Originally the initiative was founded in times after the reactor catastrophe of Chernobyl. From that point their aim was to impliment an ecological energy supply. After a few difficulties the initiative managed to buy the local power companies power supply system in their hometown Schönau in 1996. After that the initiative was able to provide their own electricity.
But the initiative also has some other amitious aims. Not only are they doing without nuclear power and electricity of coal for supporting renewable energies but the citizen´s energy company also stands for reducing power consumption and in addition to that supports the technology of cogengeration.
By now more than 96000 people get ecological energy from the EWS Schönau. For that the citizen´s company even received many awards for their own citizen energy concept.
http://www.ews-schoenau.de/
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