🔋 How to set up a support service for energy communities? Join this #LifeCOMET webinar to discover examples of support services, its key elements and many more interesting and practical info. 📆 Thursday, 21 May 🕐 10:00 CEST Register here ➡️ lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/webinar...

🎉 Vote for Suzanne Renard, nomitated for the #EUSEW2026 Women in Energy Award! 💚 Suzanne is a Board Member of REScoop.eu, and helps finance energy communities in France, bringing environmental and social benefits to communities. 📬 Vote and learn more here: interactive.eusew.eu/platform/eus...

📢Upcoming session on cross-border energy communities and interregional cooperation at #EUSEW2026! The session will explore the opportunities and challenges of cross-border energy communities. 📅9 June 2026, 16:30 CEST 📍Brussels & online Check out the session: interactive.eusew.eu/platform/eus...

🎉 Our colleague Chloé Verlinden and Forum organiser is a young energy ambassador for #EUSEW2026! ✨ Chloé is a capacity-building expert at REScoop.eu, supporting energy communities across Europe. 🎯 Learn more: sustainable-energy-week.ec.europa.eu/partners/you...

📯Event announcement! 😎On the 9th of June, we co-organise an event on the Citizens Energy Package, at the European Parliament. 🌞The event will bring together MEPs from different political groups and national stakeholders. 🔗See the agenda and register now: www.rescoop.eu/news-and-eve...

☀️🔋The Dutch energy community Endona is adding a battery to their south-facing solar farm, so the energy they capture at midday powers their evening too. All with the support of the #SmartCORENWE project! → Learn more about their story! smartcore.nweurope.eu/blog/netherl...

Join us for the WaterWarmth Live Event! Our colleague Dirk Vansintjan will be on stage sharing lessons from real-world aquathermal energy projects. 📆 26 May 2026, 09:30 – 17:00 📍 Antwerp 🎟️ Free admission 👉 Register by 19 May! www.interregnorthsea.eu/waterwarmth/...

📬 Our May newsletter is out! With updates on: 📢 Our 2025 annual report 🗓️ The Citizens Energy Package event 🟢 The European Energy Communities Facility new call for proposals 🌟 Our monthly success story Read it here: mailchi.mp/rescoop.eu/m...

The #CoopsDay 2026 theme is announced: Cooperatives for a Peaceful World. 🕊️ In a fragmented world, coops are bridge builders that create trust. Share your stories for 4 July using #CoopsDay, and we will boost your efforts! Find info & logos at coopsday.coop 🌍

⚡Last week, during our Forum, the European Energy Communities Facility launched a new call for proposals! 🔥Until 5 July, emerging energy communities can apply for a €45,000 grant to develop a business plan for their project. Apply now👉 energycommunitiesfacility.eu/apply/applic... #ENERCOMFacility

Our 2025 annual report is out! 📈 Discover how our network has grown 🔍 Explore our key achievements 🗺️ Get to know our newest members ...and more! 🔗 www.rescoop.eu/news-and-eve...

💃The second day of the forum has almost come to an end! 🔍The morning started with a policy session on the opportunities and challenges that the Citizens Energy Package presents for energy communities 💡Our participants shared their own experiences and challenges on the ground; Stay tuned! #EECF26

🌞🌬️ Abundant renewables? The dream is real! But managing that abundance is the new challenge for energy communities. ⚡ At #EECF26, the #SmartCORENWE flexibility session tackled the solutions and dilemmas head-on.

♨️❄️This morning we also explored community-led clean heating and cooling - still largely untapped in Europe. From EU policy to local implementation of aquathermal initiatives in the Netherlands and Belgium, where communities are extracting heat from canals and rivers. 🌊 #AquaCOM #MUSEDHC #EECF26

🌞 Today we are starting the day at the #EECF26 discussing the Citizens Energy Package. "Multiplying by 10 the power installed by energy communities in Europe by 2030 is a much welcome objective." 🎙️ Jonathan Bonadio, Head of Policy at REScoop.eu #10xCommunityPower @boelleu.bsky.social

🤝 "The energy system is changing fast - the transition is happening. At REScoop.eu, we care about who will lead it.” Daan Creupelandt The first day of our forum is ongoing, with about 200 participants attending! A lot of learnings and exchanges of ideas filled the rooms! #EECF26 #ENERCOMFacility

🌟 Last year, the Dutch government published a paper saying that energy communities are indispensable for the energy transition. 👀 In one of the #EECF26 session, Ries Verhoeven of Energie Samen shared insights on how they achieved this milestone for the community energy movement.

Around 200 community energy practitioners and experts from more than 30 countries have gathered in Jūrmala, Latvia, for the European Energy Communities Forum. @rescoop.eu www.thenews.coop/community-en...

📣 The coordinator of the European Energy Communities Facility, our colleague Sofia Corsi, has just presented the project's second call for proposals. 🔥 A new opportunity to apply for a €45,000 grant to develop a business plan for your energy community. ➡️ lnkd.in/dTDmGVq6 #EECF26 #ENERCOMFacility

🎙️ Opening words by Latvian Climate and Energy Minister Kaspars Melnis at the #EECF26. "Energy communities produce and use their own energy, but they do something else, each kilowatt of homegrown energy gives us energy security and stability."

🎉 Our European Energy Community Forum is about to kick off in Jūrmala, Latvia, and we couldn't be more excited! Three days of connection and inspiration await. Stay tuned!✨ #EECF26

🌟 We are so looking forward to meeting you all at the first day of our annual Forum tomorrow! 🌈 Before we welcome our participants to Latvia, we've been discussing the final details with joyful spirits filling the meeting room. 🌊 We hope that the Baltic sea will inspire us! #EECF26

💥 The energy crisis has exposed millions of citizens to brutal price shocks. But what if there was a true safe haven against fossil fuel volatility? Energy communities are stepping up to shield consumers and guarantee fair, stable prices. Read our policy paper ➡️ www.rescoop.eu/toolbox/rene...

🏆 #SuccessStoryOfTheMonth 🤩 We are very proud of Cociter - a Belgian energy cooperative that protects its customers from soaring energy prices! 💚 Cociter offers green, local, and citizen-owned electricity and has proven that low electricity prices are possible. 👀 www.rescoop.eu/news-and-eve...

🏆 The French community wind farm of Andilly-Les-Marais is the 2026 winner of the Fast and Fair Renewables Award! It recognises projects proving the energy transition can be fast and fair → community engagement + environmental care + social impact. 👉 Learn more! fastandfairenergy.eu/news/andilly...

❌ In a major setback for Belgium's energy transition, the federal government decided to remove citizen participation as a criterion in the tender for a new offshore wind zone in the North Sea. 📣 REScoop.eu firmly supports Belgian citizens in their fight to keep energy in the hands of the people.

🎊 6 days to go until our annual Forum in Latvia! 🧩 Enabling frameworks properly allow energy communities to exist and thrive. Anna Frączyk from @clienteartheur.bsky.social will discuss about different mechanisms that foster energy communities. 👉 www.energycommunitiesforum.eu/day-2 #EECF26

📯 NEW: The Walloon Government announced its Social Climate Plan ☀️ With a total budget of €729 million, the plan includes investments in social housing, on-demand transport, and support to micro-enterprises. 🔗 See our preliminary assessment here: www.rescoop.eu/policy/finan...

𐀪𐀪New blog post on citizen-led energy networks! 🟢 #MUSEDHC project partner from @energycities.bsky.social explores how locally produced renewable heating and cooling networks tackle energy poverty, and strengthen Europe’s energy independence. 🔗 sustainable-energy-week.ec.europa.eu/news/warm-ho...

🎊 1 week to go until our annual Forum in Latvia! Energy communities have multiple benefits, especially in a time of energy crisis. Clément Follet will present new models and tools at a session on shared energy and flexibility. Find out more 👉 www.energycommunitiesforum.eu/day-2 #EECF26

Time to celebrate! 🌊⚡ #AquaCOM partners and Early Adopter Energy Communities from BE, FR, NL, IE & DE visited the project's Belgian pilot site, the historic water mill in Rotselaar, and it's up and running! Go behind the scenes of how the pilot site was built: → aquacom.nweurope.eu/blog/rotsela...

⏰ Mark your calendar! #EUSEW2026, the biggest conference dedicated to #cleanenergy & #energyefficiency in Europe, is coming up on 9-11 June. EUSEW is back for its 20th edition with a packed programme and its great community. Register now! 🔗 sustainable-energy-week.ec.europa.eu/news/your-vi...

🔴 Red card for Ireland! 🔍 The Irish government has still not presented a full draft of its Social Climate Plan. In the middle of yet another energy crisis, the plan could be a powerful tool to help tackle energy poverty. Find out more in our tracker 👉 www.rescoop.eu/policy/finan...

📣 Two weeks until our annual Forum! 🌟 We are excited to welcome Miriam Eisermann, expert in communications and EU policy at @energycities.bsky.social, who will lead a session on co-creating inclusive energy communities. Find out more ➥ www.energycommunitiesforum.eu/day-1 #EECF26

📑 Today, the European Commission published AccelerateEU, a package of measures to help Member States protect citizens and industry from the crisis, and accelerate the energy transition. 👏 We welcome that energy communities are clearly highlighted as a solution!

🚩Major update - get involved! 🔍The negotiations for the next multi-year EU budget have started. Every Member State will create a “National and Regional Partnership Plan” (NRPP). 👀 Only 5 of them have set up a dedicated working group for stakeholder consultations: www.rescoop.eu/toolbox/who-...

📣 On 5 May, the European Energy Communities Facility will launch its second call for proposals to apply for a €45,000 grant to develop a business plan for your energy community. Join an info session on 6 May to know all details! 🔗 energycommunitiesfacility.eu/events/info-...

For our Bulgarian audience! Join us in Plovdiv for a workshop on community energy in practice: ➡️ Municipalities in the energy transition ➡️ Funding, barriers & next steps for energy community coalitions 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 📅 29.04.2026 | 15:30–17:30 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/worksho...

⚡ The EU doesn't need a new definition of renewable energy communities. It needs to fully implement the one it already has. Read our response to the European Commission's call for evidence on the Renewable Energy Directive 👉 www.rescoop.eu/toolbox/resc...

🔋 Beyond storage: what can a battery really do? The #SmartCORENWE project is putting a battery to work at a healthcare site in Belgium - testing how it can deliver value to cooperative members, local users, and the wider electricity grid. Read the full story → smartcore.nweurope.eu/blog/belgium...

The Social Economy Action Plan mid-term review confirms progress since 2021, but also a clear test ahead: delivery by Member States. 👉 Read our full response to the mid-term review: :https://bit.ly/4sIIocw #SEAP

🌅 A Flemish community has moved away from fossil fuels! The historic water mill of Rotselaar, the #AquaCOM pilot site in Belgium, is now providing heat for the community with energy extracted straight from the Dijle river. 💧 Dive into the story: → aquacom.nweurope.eu/blog/rotsela...

📰 Pan-European media @euractiv.com has published an overview of how energy communities can slash our dependence on imported fossil fuels. And it features our work front and center! Read it here [full article only accessible for Euractiv Pro subscribers] 👉 www.euractiv.com/news/analysi...

📣 3 weeks to go until our annual European Energy Communities Forum! 🐝🎨 Inspired by the resilience and creativity of rural communities, we’ll come together to connect people and ideas – weaving a collective path towards a hopeful future. Find out more 👉 www.energycommunitiesforum.eu #EECF26

🌅 Fostering local collective action for a democratic energy transition! The LIFE_LETsGO4Climate Replication Kit helps regions, local authorities and territorial networks replicate a large-scale, citizen-centred approach to the energy transition. energycommunityplatform.eu/resources/li...

The #ENERCOMFacility second call for proposals will open on 5 May!🎉 Do you want to be among the first to know all the details and receive advice to prepare a strong proposal? Join the European info session: 📆6 May at 10:00 CEST 📍Online Register now! ➡️ energycommunitiesfacility.eu/events/info-...

We have been selected to showcase the ACCE project at the Clean #EnergyTransition Investment Forum!🎉 On 6 May, our project partner @energiesamen.bsky.social will present how ACCE’s community energy financing schemes mobilised €1 billion in community energy investments. 💶⚡️ cetif-2026.euconf.eu

⚡️ Do you want to receive the latest news and updates from the #CommunityEnergy movement in Europe directly in your mailbox? 📨 Subscribe to our monthly newsletter! 👉 rescoop.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Research + cooperation = real-world climate solutions 🌱 Last week, partners from across Europe came together to share progress, explore Living Labs, and swap lessons from different local contexts🤝 Highlight: seeing a wood-fired district heating system 🔥🌲🏭 Learn more: lnkd.in/eEjMKryk #MUSEDHC

An energy system that devolves into a full-blown crisis every three years is simply not fit for purpose. We need to change. To achieve genuine energy security, we must empower citizens to collectively invest in, govern, and benefit from renewable energy projects. 👉 www.rescoop.eu/news-and-eve...