REScoop.eu's briefing outlines the priorities for the Irish Presidency (July–December 2026) regarding energy communities, positioning them as essential tools to address the ongoing energy crisis, improve energy security, ensure affordability, and meet climate goals.
This policy paper provides insights into the European Commission’s 2026 recommendation on supporting the development of energy communities and maximising the potential of self-consumption.
The MFF Mobilisation Toolkit aims to help EU and national campaigners understand the MFF process, map the files that are important to advocate, and provide concrete advice, contacts and intel, on how to advocate for change.
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The recent, unprecedented fossil fuels crisis has highlighted the urgent need to rebuild Europe’s energy system to be more resilient, sustainable, and affordable. Energy communities offer the structural solution to this challenge.
While negotiations on the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework continue at the EU level, EU Member States are already beginning preparatory work on their national and regional partnership plans at the national level. This early phase offers an important opportunity to embed the partnership principle and genuine multilevel governance from the outset.
The revision of the Renewable Energy Directive should preserve and strengthen the existing framework for renewable energy communities. The EU does not need a new definition of renewable energy communities; it needs to fully implement the one it already has and ensure that the rights attached to it are effective in practice.
The European Commission's Citizens Energy Package is a non-legislative initiative aimed at strengthening the role of citizens in the energy transition. REScoop.eu broadly welcomes it and its recognition of energy communities as key actors in the energy transition. However, despite its positive directly, it lacks clear enforcement mechanisms.
REScoop.eu together with Friends of the Earth Europe have prepared a series of national factsheets linking energy communities with the goals, and specific chapters, of the National and Regional Partnership Plans Regulation.
This policy paper analyses how the Energy Investment Strategy can ensure that crucial financing is directed to the citizens involved in the energy transition.
This briefing provides practical suggestions for reforms and investments in the National Social Climate Plans. It also compares national approaches and encourages more inclusive and effective planning.
