Description – SIMRA Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas

Les Centrales Villageoises

Starting Year:

Scale:Region:

MRA characteristics*:

Location:

Sector:Topic:

Challenges addressed:

Governance

Description:

Les Centrales Villageoises are local companies aiming at developing renewable energies in a territory by involving citizens, local communities and businesses. Projects are developed respecting landscape and heritage and generating local economic benefits.

Form:Actors involved:

Practices:

Public participation; Support (Technical, legal, etc.); Fundraising; Experimentation

Investors, local authorities, EU, ENEDIS, Rhônalpénergie-Environnement, natural parks, technical studies offices

Social change:

• Production of renewable energies • Benefits for local investors • Project is owned and co-developed with locals

Further information:

Website:http://centralesvillageoises.fr/web/guest/accueil

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* Information at the level of NUTS 3 or local regions.