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The first results of a survey of community energy entities in
Germany and
Japan show that the shareholders in such projects are predominantly male. In the companies surveyed in
North Rhine-Westphalia, the proportion of women among the shareholders is 29%, who hold 27% of the shares. Japanese community energy entities also have a share of women of below 30%. In view of the importance of community energy for a successful, broadly socially anchored energy transformation, these results indicate that the dynamism of the energy transition can be strengthened if more women can be attracted to assume an active role in community energy.
A two-year study, which is carried out jointly by the