As of 2007, the Juhnde bioenergy village had reduced its carbon dioxide output by 3,300 tons per year, or by 60 percent per capita. The project managers are proud to point out that the village already meets the carbon dioxide reduction goals of the European Union's Sustainable Energy Vision for the year 2050.

Juhnde supporters hope that the smattering of non-grid households in the village will join the cooperative, allowing the village to become completely independent of major energy companies. They're also looking to the bioenergy system to help the community in other, less concrete ways, like encouraging more communal and democratic decision-making.