{"id":12260,"date":"2025-10-07T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/?post_type=au-news&#038;p=12260"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:50:10","slug":"solar-cooperative-at-aarhus-university-featured-as-success-story-by-rescoop-eu","status":"publish","type":"au-news","link":"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/sl\/au-news\/solar-cooperative-at-aarhus-university-featured-as-success-story-by-rescoop-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar cooperative at Aarhus University featured as success story by REScoop.eu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12260\" class=\"elementor elementor-12260\" data-elementor-post-type=\"au-news\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ca7f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10ca7f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b5987 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67b5987\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"840\">Universitetets Energif\u00e6llesskab (UEF), project AURORA&#8217;s demonstration at Aarhus University, has been highlighted by <strong data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"550\">REScoop.eu, <\/strong>the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives, in its <em data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"634\">Success Stories<\/em> series. The feature celebrates UEF as a pioneering example of how students, researchers, and staff can join forces to create local, community-owned renewable energy solutions within a university setting.<\/p><p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1297\">REScoop.eu\u2019s article, <em data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"938\">\u201cStudents invest in the first University Energy Cooperative in Denmark,\u201d<\/em> showcases how UEF was born out of student engagement and academic research at Aarhus University. Through a cooperative model, members collectively own rooftop solar panels installed on campus buildings. The electricity produced is sold to the university, while members receive a modest annual return \u2014 turning climate commitment into concrete local action.<\/p><blockquote data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1560\"><p data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1560\">\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to see our work recognised at the European level,\u201d says Marta Victoria. We hope this inspires other universities to show that energy communities can thrive in academic environments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"2049\">The article also underlines the challenges UEF overcame: from navigating legal frameworks to ensuring broad participation from students and staff and its ongoing advocacy for policy changes that would allow more universities to join the community energy movement.<\/p><p data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"2049\">Read the full story on REScoop.eu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescoop.eu\/news-and-events\/stories\/success-story-students-invest-in-the-first-university-energy-cooperative-in-denmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universitetets Energif\u00e6llesskab (UEF), project AURORA&#8217;s demonstration at Aarhus University, has been highlighted by REScoop.eu, the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives, in its Success Stories series. 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