Ana Rita Antunes is an Environmental Engineer from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a master’s degree in energy efficiency, at the same University. After 15 years as coordinator of the Energy and Climate Change Group at Quercus, she started working in 2016 at Coopérnico, a cooperative of which she is also a founding member. At Coopérnico, she is the executive coordinator and is responsible for the new service areas.

About Cooperativa de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (COOPERNICO)

Cooperativa de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Coopérnico) is a Portuguese renewable energy cooperative combining a sustainability-oriented approach with social nature, solidarity, education and environmental protection. Coopérnico's mission is to engage citizens and companies in decentralising and democratising the energy system. The cooperative combines renewable energy generations with energy efficiency and retail activities. Coopérnico has over 4.300 members who made joint investments in seventeen RES projects. Together these projects make up for a total capacity of about 2.5 MWp. Members do not only join the cooperative because of financial reasons, they also want to create environmental and social value. In 2019, Coopérnico became the first cooperative retailer in Portugal.

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