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Leveraging European Public Funds to Support Energy Communities

The present briefing builds on the ongoing collaborative work between REScoop.eu, CEE Bankwatch Network and Climate Action Network, mapping to what extent

The Electricity Market Design reform: making it fit for a more decentralized and democratic internal energy market

In this position paper, REScoop.eu proposes specific amendments in order for the Electricity Market Design to deliver a more democratic energy market based on the EU legal principle of equal treatment.

Electricity Market Design: consultation response & position paper

Local communities, including citizens, local authorities, cooperatives and other small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are uniquely impacted by the ongoing

How can the State aid guidelines help energy communities address the energy crisis?

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

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

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

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

The RED revision: How to maximise the potential for communities to contribute to local renewables production

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

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

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

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

Letter to Greek government calling to support community energy (in Greek)

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As the energy crisis unfolds, we need cross-cutting solutions that put citizens at heart, tackle energy poverty at its root, whilst accelerating the transi