Foster social acceptance of RES by stakeholder engagement

Contract N°: IEE/11/930/SI2. 616380 Project duration: 31/03/2012 – 30/03/2015

30/04/2012

Project summary REScoop 20-20-20

renewable energy cooperatives

federations of REScoops and coops

local energy agencies

academical partners

sustainability agencies

join forces for more RES-projects, more REScoops, more citizens involved in Europe, reaching its 20-20-20 targets

W P2B es t prac tices &

M entors

W P3RE S coop

bus iness m odels

W P4Inves tm ent

schem es

W P5New RE S

projec ts

W P6Leveraging

W P7 Com m unication

W P8 Dissem ination A ctivities

W P1 Projec t m anagem ent

Com m on unde rs ta ndi ng

s uc c e s s a nd fa ilure fa c tors

Com m on unde rs ta ndi ng

(foc us o n fina nc ia l s c he me s )

G roup of M e ntors

M ode ls tobe a pplie d

Toolb ox for w ide a pplic a ti on

Inv e s tme nt s c he me s to be a pplie d

Fina nc ia l a dv ic ea nd ne tw ork

Background: citizens in action

Background: citizens in action At the same time: citizens create

hundreds of REScoops, investing in renewable energy, all over Europe, where as,

others form action groups against large windfarms of big companies

the ‘REScoop 20-20-20 project’ helps to improve social acceptance of RES-e generation with its proven model of local cooperative citizen involvement, and will foster the creation of new REScoops all over Europe

Objectives and main steps

Overall goal:

Speed up creation of RES projects and related cooperatives in various member States.

Main steps:

- Inventory of existing REScoops and their RES projects: to identify their added value in fostering RES in Europe

- Developing and testing methodologies based on best practices (business structures/ financing) in at least 12 new REScoop pilot projects

- Dissemination of cooperative RES approaches for leveraging the REScoop approach

Expected results

- Methodologies based on best practices to create new citizens RES-projects: different business models, checklists, template contracts, financing and investment schemes.

- Support emerging cooperative RES-projects with a toolbox that integrates the learning of the more than 400 existing RES cooperatives and the involvement of at least 25 volunteer mentors, trained in best practice.

- Deliver recommendations to EU and national Governments on fiscal, legal and authorisation policies to increase the success rate of RES-e projects.

Main impacts

Main impacts within the duration of the project are:

- Creation of 12 new REScoops and projects, applying best practice and leveraging the network corresponding to at least 24 MW (average of 2MW per project) established thanks to the action support.

- Direct involvement of at least 6000 shareholders that leads to at least a 5% reduction in their electricity consumption

- Secure financial support to new RES initiatives collecting commitments for 100 mil € all over Europe.

Partners and contact

Coordinator: Ecopower (BE),

Contact: dirk.vansintjan@ecopower.be, 0032 486 39 22 12

Partners: Avanzi (IT), ODE (NL), Enercoop (FR), EMES (EU), REScoop.be (BE), EWS (DE), ALIenergy (SC), Middelgrunden (DK), Energy4all (UK), Elabora/Confcooperative (IT), Cooperatives Europe (EU)

Website:

www.rescoop.eu