11/09/2018 - Today, the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council started the second round of negotiations around the electricity market design f
On 5 June 2018, CEER launched a public consultation on the draft CEER 3D Strategy (standing for Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Dynamic Regulation) and
This post is based on an article written for and published by Energy Transition.
In November 2016, the European Union made a clear commitment to achieve global leadership in renewable energies and put energy efficiency first. To deliver
As representative of energy communities across 12 EU Member States, REScoop.eu, is committed to seeing that the EU’s Clean energy for all Europeans package
Energy communities (i.e. renewable energy communities, or REScoops) have the potential to place citizens in the driver seat of Europe’s energy transition w
REScoop.eu is committed to seeing that the EU’s Clean energy for all Europeans package provides a fair deal for consumers as ‘energy citizens’, and ensures
The amendments of the new Renewables Directive are currently discussed by the members of the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) Committee. ITRE members a
In Germany, an experiment is under way to move towards tenders for new renewable energy capacity while also trying to maintain citizen participation, which
CEER’s recently published White Paper provides much insight into how active customers, renewables self-consumers, renewable energy communities (RECs), and
The ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ Package presents an opportunity to provide citizens and communities with a supportive framework to participate across
The European Commission’s proposal of its “Clean Energy for All Europeans” Package and its acknowledgement of renewable and local energy communities provides one more step towards empowering citizens to take more responsibility over their energy supply and their consumption. However, in order to promote energy efficiency first through energy communities, the package needs to better recognize the important role that REScoops play in encouraging and empowering behavioural change by citizens in how they use energy, including energy savings.