Procurement guide for community energy
Book
Municipalities are key actors in empowering citizens in the energy transition and the development of energy communities across Europe. Local authorities ha
Toolbox
How can the State aid guidelines help energy communities address the energy crisis?
Policy paper
Europe's Green Deal aims to put citizens at the heart of the energy transition by ensuring fairness and inclusiveness. This follows the Clean Energy for Al
Enabling frameworks for Renewable Energy Communities: report on good practices
Policy paper
A lot has happened since the adoption of the RED II five years (half a decade) ago. The transposition deadline has come and gone, and Europe now finds itse
Model Assessment template
Policy paper
The Model Assessment is meant to be a tool to help national actors – mainly public authorities and civil society organisations – better assess potential fo
Cohesion programming for energy communities – a long road ahead
Policy paper
The past year, REScoop.eu and CEE Bankwatch Network have been collaborating on a research project dedicated to analyzing cohesion policy programs as it rel
Gender survey of energy cooperatives - A summary with recommendations
Report
This paper aims to understand the status quo of gender, structure, perceptions, needs and integration of gender and women in energy communities.
The RED revision: How to maximise the potential for communities to contribute to local renewables production
Policy paper
The current Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001/EU (RED II) entered into force in December 2018, as part of the Clean Energy Package (CEP) introducing leg
The EED Trilogues: How to support the role of energy communities in energy savings
Policy paper
When it proposed a recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), the European Commission (Commission) recognized that to achieve increased ambition on e
Designing a Social Climate Fund true to its name
Policy paper
The Social Climate Fund (SCF or the Fund) is considered a promising tool to fill the existing gap for financing structural and proactive solutions for clim
Report on European legal and regulatory issues related to energy communities and energy poverty
Policy paper
The potential for energy communities (ECs) to play a larger role in more distributed and more just clean energy systems is gaining attention. But does curr
Best Practice Guide for Southeast Europe
Report
In this guidebook, The European Citizen Energy Academy (EUCENA) project has compiled examples of inspiring community energy initiatives in the Balkan region, where people take action to improve their conditions and the wellbeing of their communities.
A brand new step-by-step guide to public procurement and municipal support for energy communities
Report
The "municipal guide" is a new step-by-step guide, written and published in the context of the COMPILE project that collects and analyses the support mecha