There's generally a sustainability fund or a grant system that feeds back profit into the community. As well as local employment. And by having local… - Taryn Lane

The community ownership model is a community benefit model. It's a community enterprise, so basically there's multiple dimensions of how the community receives benefits.

I think having community owned projects and generating our energy, bringing that back to being near us, so we know that we are connected to our energy source is coming from. That's an empowering process for communities on so many levels.

Inspired to act by the global efforts to reduce nonrenewable fuel dependence and to uncouple their essential infrastructure from fossil fuels, communities have taken it upon themselves to do their part to transition towards a sustainable future even if governments at the national level have been lagging behind.