REScoop.eu
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| Founded | 2011 Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium |
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| Founder | Dirk Vansintjan |
| Type | non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | energy democracy, renewable energy, and cooperatives |
| Headquarters | Antwerp, Belgium |
Region served | Europe |
Main organ | Board of directors, elected by the Annual General Meeting |
| Website | www.rescoop.eu |
REScoop.eu is the European federation of renewable energy cooperatives,[1] founded in 2011.
As of April 2016[update] it has 20 member organisations (either individual REScoops or regional REScoop federations) in 11 European Member States, representing 1,240 individual REScoops and their 300,000 citizens.[2]
Its routine administration is handled by the Belgian cooperative Ecopower.[3]
On December 24, 2013, the European federation of groups and cooperatives of citizens for renewable energy (REScoop.EU) was legally established under Belgian national law with a European scope. This legal act is a key issue to further develop the activities of the European federation and it constitutes the base to build a strong European renewable energy cooperative alliance.[4]
REScoop is a short term for Renewable Energy Source Cooperative.[5]
Positions and campaigns
[edit]REScoop.eu advocates for a decentralized, renewable, efficient, clean and sustainable energy system with citizens at its core, referring to the energy transition as “the energy transition to energy democracy”.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rescoop.eu". European Commission Directorate-General for Energy: ManagEnergy Initiative. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ https://rescoop.eu/renewable-energy-citizen-initiatives/leading REScoop members
- ^ "Foundation of REScoop.eu". Ecopower. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "European federation | REScoop.eu". rescoop.eu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Renewable energy source cooperatives". University of Liege, Centre for Social Economy. 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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