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Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileáin Árann Teo - The Aran Islands Energy Co-op

Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileáin Árann or The Aran Islands Energy Co-op, is a non-profit founded in 2012 and is located on the Aran Islands, West of the Irish mainland. The co-op is determined to put the island communities at the heart of the transition towards a sustainable future while preserving the islands' heritage. Therefore only local residents and businesses can become full members with voting rights.

Aran Islands

The Aran Islands Energy Co-op's objectives are manifold:

  • To secure the future energy needs of the three Aran Islands by gaining a controlling interest in the local sources of alternative energy production.
  • To reduce and gradually remove the dependency of the Aran Islands communities on fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal, including transport) by replacing them with alternative and more sustainable sources of energy.
  • To preserve the islands’ unique language, heritage and culture by providing sustainable employment and a sustainable environment for people to live in.
  • To facilitate the conversion of homes and other buildings on the three islands to be more sustainable in their energy usage.
  • To provide low-cost energy to industry so as to create employment on the islands.
  • To create, provide and encourage employment in projects of sustainable energy.
  • To facilitate and at least part-own initiatives and projects in research and development into sustainable energy.
  • To provide education and training to both residents and non- residents in sustainable living.
  • The create on the three Aran Islands an example of best practice In sustainability to the rest of Ireland and to the world.
  • To use the three Aran Islands as a platform from which to promote sustainability and environmental protection worldwide.

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