EU Sustainable Energy Week 2024

Every year the European Commission (Directorate-General for Energy and CINEA) organises the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) – a unique opportunity for stakeholders across Europe’s energy community and beyond to come together, share ideas and build new connections.

Alongside joining the Policy Conference from 11-13 June 2024 with sessions that will focus on sustainable energy issues, and debate new policy developments, best practices and sustainable energy ideas, attendees can also:

• follow the European Sustainable Energy Awards Ceremony to celebrate outstanding individuals, projects and ideas.
• benefit from different networking opportunities that gather the EUSEW community to forge connections
• join the European Youth Energy Day that will bring together 20-35-year-olds to share their ideas on how to transform Europe into the first climate-neutral continent.
• attend a EUSEW energy day - a locally-organised event taking place across Europe promoting clean energy and energy efficiency.

Join the conversation on social media: #EUSEW2024

Also at this year's EUSEW, REScoop.eu is out in full force! We are an official EUSEW 2024 partner organisation, recognised for our vital work in helping the EU reach its clean energy and sustainability goals. Our president, Dirk Vansintjan is part of an ambitious team of digital ambassadors that share expertise and support EUSEW discussions across Europe and beyond. Below you can find an overview of events that REScoop.eu will be participating in:

Policy Conference

• Local power, global impact: innovative financing for energy communities | Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 14:30 - 16:00 CEST
  Energy communities are essential for driving Europe's energy transition, but their growth is constrained by limited access to finance. This session will explore how public and private funding sources can support the large-scale scale-up of Energy Communities across Europe, unlocking their potential as drivers of sustainable energy solutions.
  Contribution by Chris Vrettos, financing project manager REScoop.eu
  
• Collaboration versus competition: promoting a faster, just, and clean energy transition | Wednesday,12 June 2024, 09:30 - 11:00 CEST
  The energy price crisis pushes consumers to renewables. But many cannot invest because of being tenants or living in a multi-family home. The session illustrates business models allowing all consumers to benefit from renewables.
  Contribution by Stavroula Pappa, policy advisor REScoop.eu
  

• From waste to renewable energy: biomethane and renewable energy communities | Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
  The policy session will explore how biomethane projects can foster resilient energy communities based on local, circular supply chains. It will highlight the environmental and socio-economic benefits of biomethane production, such as waste-based feedstock utilization, organic fertilizer production and CO2 emissions mitigation. Citizen empowerment and local leadership development will be emphasized, while addressing social acceptance issues and the need to improve the sector awareness. Moreover, the session will present projections for biomethane potential production by 2040, offering insights into future energy landscapes. Finally, best practices for timely and constructive engagement with local communities will be shared, highlighting strategies to expedite the implementation of biomethane projects and achieve the energy transition’s objective.
  Contribution by Josh Roberts, senior policy advisor REScoop.eu
  
• Citizen-led initiatives for renovation | Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 16:30 - 18:00 CEST
  Citizen-led renovation initiatives aim to engage citizens and communities to become the leaders in tackling the renovation challenges and enable upscaling of renovation action. Our primary goal in this policy session is to explore the potential of citizen led renovation in empowering citizens and communities to accelerate energy renovations as a key component in achieving the EU’s climate and energy targets. During this session, based upon the experiences of the Life IP BE REEL project, speakers will present specific activities and their outcomes as examples of how local authorities can contribute to and champion citizen-led renovation actions.
  Contribution by Felix Kriedemann, project manager REScoop.eu

• What about flexibility? How customers can improve power systems | Thursday 13 June 2024, 11:30 - 13:00 CEST
  This session will explore key aspects of customer engagement and the evolution of flexibility services and platforms towards a fully integrated energy system. It will delve into critical topics around flexibility markets, focusing on customers’ willingness to be active actors.
  Contribution by Josh Roberts, senior policy advisor REScoop.eu
  
• The answer is in the wind: the Accele-Res initiative for a holistic approach to wind power | Thursday 13 June 2024, 11:30 - 13:00 CEST
  This session will explore key aspects of customer engagement and the evolution of flexibility services and platforms towards a fully integrated energy system. It will delve into critical topics around flexibility markets, focusing on customers’ willingness to be active actors.
  Contribution by Stavroula Pappa, policy advisor REScoop.eu
  
• Less is more: empowering net-zero strategies by a reduced energy demand | Thursday 13 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 CEST
  The shift to renewables in the Clean Energy Transition (CET) is key, yet the untapped potential of energy demand reduction (EDR) strategies to enhance it remains. This session explores how EDR can boost also a renewables-driven CET and support the EU's climate goals.
  Contribution by Heleen Schockaert, project manager REScoop.eu
  

• What can I do? The role of energy citizenship in closing implementation gaps in the energy transition | Thursday, 13 June 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 CEST
  The goal of the session is to clarify the diverse roles that citizens have and will have in the future in creating change within the energy transition. Given the capacity for collective action in creating social change, what is the potential of citizen-led initiatives in bridging the gap between words and deeds within the energy transition?
  Contribution by Chris Vrettos, financing project manager REScoop.e
  

The EUSEW Policy Conference is the biggest conference dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. It is organised by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the Directorate-General for Energy.
The 18th edition of the Policy Conference will be organised in a hybrid format in Brussels and online on 11-13 June 2024.