Toolbox

Analysis of the EU Legal environment on the deployment of efficiency tools

The goal of this report was to review the barriers and opportunities at the European level for the deployment of the REScoop PLUS toolkit. In this report,

Analysis of the legal environment of 5 EU countries on the deployment of efficiency tools

The REScoop PLUS project has the purpose to help enhance energy efficiency as a value creating activity for the European cooperatives. Energy efficiency is

Citizen-led renovation report

Buildings have a critical role to play in fighting climate change, being responsible for 36% of GHG emissions in Europe. Renovating these buildings to redu

Self-consumption and regulatory framework for energy communities

This report focusses on the implementation of the CEP definitions for energy communities. Moreover, it presents an overview of the regulations on self-cons

Best practices and legal barriers for supplying REScoops and promoting energy efficiency

Energy efficiency is crucial to reach the European Union’s (EU’s) short, medium and long-term climate and energy targets. This fact has been reaffirmed by

Decentralised cooperation to achieve the 2030 agenda (EN, FR)

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This document aims to reinforce the new and innovative landscape and alliances for decentralised cooperation, in the context of the 2030 Agenda and the EU

The REScoop municipality approach

This report explains how energy cooperatives can successfully collaborate with local authorities including cities and municipalities. The report describes different forms of collaborations and features case studies.

Local Energy Communities: a way to bring ‘all Europeans’ along in the energy transition

Regardless of income or home ownership, all citizens should be able to benefit from participating in the energy transition. The ability to invest in energy efficiency or ownership of renewables should not be limited to well off households with enough disposable income. It is indeed vulnerable consumers and consumers experiencing energy poverty that can benefit most from being able to participate. In a number of EU Member States, REScoops (also known as ‘renewable’ or ‘local’ energy communities) already pursue social aims, such as fighting against energy poverty. If supported by EU law and policy, REScoops can further empower vulnerable and low-income households across the EU to be able to share in the benefits of the energy transition.