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No. 2 (2019)

NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR THE COOPERATIVISM OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES:LEGAL RECOGNITION AND PROMOTION

  • Gemma Fajardo
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36128/1phf4b10
Submitted
September 1 2025
Published
01-09-2025

Abstract

It is rightly said that energy is the driving force that keeps the world goingand that the main sources of energy we use (oiland coal) are unsustainable due to their finite and contaminating characteristics. Apparently, 87% of the energy we consume is not renewable2.This framework fosters the need to develop other sources of energy that are renewable and in general sustainable, such as sun and wind.

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