Table 5 Financial characteristics of energy cooperatives in Germany and Switzerland. Source: Own surveys
From: How municipalities support energy cooperatives: survey results from Germany and Switzerland
Variables | Country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | Switzerland | |||||
Total | Municipality | Total | Municipality | |||
Member | No member | Member | No member | |||
Use of debt capital | 79% (124 out of 157) | 81% (71 out of 88) | 77% (44 out of 57) | 54% (25 out of 46) | 64% (14 out of 22) | 46% (11 out of 24) |
Difficulties to raise debt capital (very or rather difficult) | 23% (30 out of 128) | 24% (17 out of 72) | 24% (11 out of 46) | 44% (11 out of 25) | 37% (6 out of 16) | 56% (5 out of 9) |
Loans from cooperative banks | 51% (80 out of 156) | 55% (48 out of 87) | 46% (26 out of 57) | 11% (5 out of 46) | 23% (5 out of 22) | 0% (0 out of 24) |