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29 07, 2024

Windfang: A women‘s cooperative that projects, builds and runs wind turbines

2025-07-29T22:53:23-04:00Tags: |

Windfang is Germany’s first and only women-run and operated energy cooperative. Founded in 1991, the cooperative built its first wind turbine in Dithmarschen. As of 2014, the cooperative had constructed eleven wind turbines and three solar plants, with a total electricity generation of over 11,000 MWh. The cooperative supplies power to approximately 3,140 households. In addition to playing a significant role in the expansion of renewable energy, it has been instrumental in integrating women into the male-dominated energy sector. All governing bodies within the cooperative are operated by women, and the cooperative has roughly 300 associates.

20 11, 2017

COP23 Endorses Mainstreaming Of Gender In Climate Action

2023-03-05T23:43:18-05:00Tags: |

Negotiators at COP23 approved The Gender Action Plan (GAP), a long overdue agreement that more consciously includes women in all Paris Agreement processes. This plan will lead to the development of gender-responsive frameworks for climate action and an increase in women’s participation, capacity building, and knowledge-sharing in decision-making spaces. Some women have raised concerns about the lack of funding that has been allocated for the work the plan requires. Still, the GAP is a crucial step in the right direction toward ensuring gender equity in climate action. Photo credit: UNFCCC / CC BY-NC-SA

9 04, 2015

Windfang: A Women‘s Cooperative that Projects, Builds and Runs Wind Turbines

2025-04-09T23:20:57-04:00Tags: |

Windfang is Germany's pioneering women-run energy cooperative, born from a determination to actively shape the energy transition. Founded in 1991 by female engineering and natural sciences students, the cooperative set out to build wind turbines and make a difference. Today, Windfang boasts eleven wind turbines and three solar plants, with an inaugural 2.5 MW turbine leading the charge in renewable electricity generation. Beyond their significant climate impact, they are rewriting the narrative of gender equality in the energy sector. With all leadership positions held by women, they are not only generating sustainable energy but also women to thrive in traditionally male-dominated domains. Windfang is leading the charge in championing innovative, women-centric solutions to address climate change and redefine the energy landscape towards a more inclusive future.

26 10, 2011

Gender, Cities And Climate Change

2017-10-26T00:29:54-04:00Tags: |

GenderCC Women for Climate Justice co-founder, board member and independent researcher Gotelind Alber has focused much of her work on gender and climate justice. Her handbook Gender, Cities and Climate Change provides an outstanding framework for understanding how gender equality is fundamental to urbanization during climate change. The feminization of urban poverty and the disproportionate impact of climate change on women in urban areas are explained in full within this report. 

1 01, 2011

Ursula Sladek: Resisting Nuclear Energy in Germany

2017-10-22T00:13:32-04:00Tags: |

A 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient, Ursula Sladek is the founder and president of Schönau Power Supply (EWS), a position from which she fights nuclear energy dependence and promotes renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Black Forest region and across Germany. Sladek established Germany’s first renewable energy co-op and led a campaign to control the Schönau grid in response to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster’s lasting impacts on human and environmental health and the barriers to public input on utility energy supply. Her company now serves over 100,000 customers in Germany and continues to invest in safe, reliable, clean energy and local energy co-ops. Photo credit: Goldman Environmental Prize

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