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CT: Feldheim is located in the municipality of Treuenbrietzen, about 83 kilometers south-west of the German capital − Berlin (FNEFF, 2012). Figure 9 shows the location of Feldheim village in Germany. Feldheim has great importance in the whole energy system in Germany, because this village is the first settlement in Germany that has achieved energy self-sufficiency. In addition, Feldheim is the only town in Germany which started its own energy grid and got all electricity and heat through the utilization of local renewable sources. Nowadays, Feldheim is the home of 221 citizens, and the main constructions there are residential homes.
Also, farms, some light industries and communal buildings are located in Feldheim. (Busch& McCormick, 2014).

S: http://www.theseus.fi/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10024/78440/Energy%20self-sufficient%20eco-village-thesis-Lin%20Kang%20.pdf?sequence=1 (last access: 30 December 2014)

N: 1. self-sufficiency (n): 1620s, originally an attribute of God (translating Greek autakreia), from self- + sufficiency. Of mortals, self-sufficient “able to supply one’s own needs” is recorded from 1580s.
2. The fully energy-self-sufficient Austrian community of Mureck is at odds with this scenario. To a person driving through, it is an unremarkable rural town of approximately 4,000 residents in southern Austria, with no apparent difference to the many others in the region – but it shows a way by which almost any farming region can move toward energy self-sufficiency.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=self-sufficiency&searchmode=none (last access: 30 December 2014). 2. http://ecogeneration.com.au/news/using_bioenergy_to_become_energy_self-sufficient/079127/ (last access: 30 December 2014).

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CR: energy, wind energy.