Red tape and cost preventing European citizens from producing their own power

"Throughout Europe, individual households have joined forces and created energy communities, for example in the form of cooperatives. These cooperatives can invest in larger-scale projects, such as a wind farm or a large free-field PV project."

Citizens and businesses across Europe can be a major contributor to the transition to cleaner energy by becoming "prosumers", but face barriers such as cost and excessive red tape.

That is according a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), which said that authorities must provide more assistance and implement friendlier policies to do so.