Julien Noé
Ashoka Fellow since 2011   |   France

Julien Noé

Enercoop
By creating the first viable, sustainable and scalable alternative to the existing nuclear power production system, Julien Noé is helping transform the existing electricity market in France. Julien’s…
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This description of Julien Noé's work was prepared when Julien Noé was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 2011.

Introduction

By creating the first viable, sustainable and scalable alternative to the existing nuclear power production system, Julien Noé is helping transform the existing electricity market in France. Julien’s grassroots cooperative model incentivizes citizens to rethink their consumption practices andRead more

The New Idea

Julien, through Enercoop, is bringing citizens and renewable energy entrepreneurs together to build the capacity of renewable energy production, provide this energy to an increasing number of consumers, and work with consumers to reduce overall energy consumption. Enercoop’s cooperatives areRead more

The Problem

When it comes to producing electric energy, the French government’s answer has always been very simple: Nuclear power plants. Nuclear power accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country’s electricity consumption. While this has guaranteed the country’s independence from fossil fuels and has longRead more

The Strategy

With the opening of the French electricity market in 2004, Julien saw the opportunity to transform consumption behavior and to develop the country’s renewable energy capacity. In spite of all the barriers and high costs to entry, he launched Enercoop, the first energy production and consumptionRead more

The Person

Julien developed an environmental and social consciousness beginning at a young age. Growing up near the sea in the North of France, he invested a lot of time with the Surfrider Foundation to clean beaches and fight against sea pollution. He then joined the ATTAC movement to promote the idea of aRead more

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