This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant

agreement Nº 824424.

The development of Energy Cooperatives across Europe

Stanislas d’HerbemontREScoop.eu

17/09/2019

• Voluntary & open membership

• Economic participation

• Democratic ownership

• Autonomy & independence

• Training & education

• Cooperation amongst cooperatives

• Concern for community

A different way to do business

1) Revenues from local renewables to meet local needs

• Local supply of cheap, clean renewables

• Renovation of local infrastructure

• Buildings renovations

• Energy poverty

• Education

• Housing needs

• Electrification of transport

2) Collaboration between local actors

3) Democratic community ownership

4) A gateway into the energy transition: benefiting the system in a time of change

Why to citizen create cooperatives ?

Potential of citizen energy in the EU

• By 2050:

• ≈ 83% EU households (113 M households) could contribute to:

• RES production

• demand response

• energy storage

Sifnos transition plan

• 2 625 citizens

• 5.6 million euro/year in 2013 spent in fossil fuel

• Objective fossil free by 2050

Sifnos Island CooperativeThe Energy Island

The solar house

• Official year of establishment : 1984 Members 6 - (housing estates with tenants’/ members’ democracy)

• Renewable Energy Source(s) : Solar Thermal

Avedore FjernwarmeCommunity district heating

• Solar PV cooperative projects on social housing estates throughout London

• Agreement with local Council to lease roofs

• Reduced investment requirement for residents of estates

• Energy savings fund: portion of profits go into EE/renovation initiatives, education

• Brixton Energy: block-chain powered peer-to-peer energy trading to allow cheap, clean electricity supply

• Now extending to schools, gardening initiatives

Brixton EnergiePower to, for and by the people!

Generation KWh

• Construction of a solar farm (3MW), a wind mill (7MW) and a mini-hydo plant

• ROI in green KWs using collective auto consumption laws

• Total investment 5 Million euros

Som EnergiaLa Cooperativa de Energia Verde

• 1 app developed by a network of REScoops and owned by a European cooperative association

• 20 cars

• 13 cooperatives coming together to share their network and platform

The mobility factoryThe cooperative transport operator

REScoop VPPThe community flexibility operator

This project has received funding from the European

Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

under the grant agreement No 731205.

REScoop PLUSThe Energy Efficiency Network

• “Consumers uponjoining a REScoopreduce theirconsumption by up to20%”

• A majority of therescoops members are using the best practices

• The best practice are acheiving up to 60% of savings

Energie ID

Info Energia

Dr Watt

Package Approach

Technical Support

Optimized Return Flow

Single Tariff Approach

This project has received funding from the European Union’s

Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant

agreement No 696084

The REScoop-municipality approach

• Local tenders to support local development of renewables

• Community benefit fund in Eeklo

• Provision of services to municipality & citizens

• Direct citizen participation

• Investment opportunities by the Municipality

• Joint investment by cooperatives and municipalities

• Joint investment in 6 wind turbines (€25m) betweenEcopower/Courant d’Air and municipalities of Amel/Büllingen

• Strategic partners for the energy transition

The growth of the cooperativemovement: an enabling framework

If you want to know more, please contact

us!

Stanislas d’Herbemont

stan.herbemont@rescoop.eu

@REScoopEU