Local generation, distribution and consumption of renewable energy within neighborhood is an emerging application context for the concept of `sharing'. This position paper introduces a cross-cultural approach to enable `new' social practices of renewable energy sharing in neighborhoods. The approach is being developed based on ongoing field-research on Energy Cooperative in The Netherlands and solar-lamp sharing service in rural India. The approach is theoretically grounded in Social Practice Theory. In this paper, we briefly discuss the role of digital interactive technology to support the cross-cultural approach to enable `new' energy sharing practices.