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.
To ensure long-term affordability and sustainability, the European Affordable Housing Plan should promote high-quality, circular, energy efficient and decarbonised buildings, for example through citizen-led renovation initiatives.
REScoop.eu welcomes the European Affordable Housing Plan, and highlights the role of citizen-led renovations to tackle some of the housing issues Europe is facing.
REScoop.eu calls on the Cypriot Presidency of the European Council to prioritise energy communities in some of its key policy files, as they contribute to energy security, provide affordable energy and competitiveness, and they pursue social objectives.
The Heating and Cooling Strategy has the potential to speed up the development of energy communities working on thermal energy.
Supporting energy communities with financing and capacity building through the Energy Security Framework would enhance Europe’s energy security.
Taking stock of of the European Commission’s 2028-2034 budget proposal and its implications for energy communities.
The Citizens Energy Package has the potential to be the spark that helps speed up the energy community movement. In our response to the consultation, we state that supporting energy communities should be “a foundational pillar” of the package.
The European Semester could further energy democracy in the EU. In this new policy paper, REScoop.eu and CAN Europe call for the further integration and mainstreaming of energy communities in the Semester process.
A Grids Package that facilitates energy communities will allow more citizens across Europe to benefit from locally-owned and produced renewable energy, increasing social acceptance, and scaling up the EU’s energy transition in both urban and rural areas.
REScoop.eu’s vision for the next MFF is based on two main pillars: the principles of simplification and centralisation, and crowding in additional private capital through financial instruments and co-development.
Examining how provisions in the draft CISAF can impact investments by energy communities in renewable energy production.