The institutional space of community initiatives for renewable energy: a comparative case study of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark

Table 3 Differences community initiatives movements across countries

	The Netherlands	Germany	Denmark
Phase of development of initiatives	Early phase of development, minority well-established and fully operational	Well-established and operational, searching new modes	Well-established and operational
Size and growth of number of initiatives	Moderate group, growing rapidly	Moderate group, growing	Large group, decline traditional cooperatives, growth new local initiatives
Focus activity	RE provision, support for private savings/production	Collective production, energy savings	Collective production, creating revenue
Momentum	Little public debate on energy but relatively large attention for community initiatives	Large public debate on nuclear power and green economy	Large public consensus over ‘green’ goals and economic possibilities RE, increasing NIMBY response

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