⚡ 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
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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...
🌊Is your country ready for aquathermal energy?
The #AquaCOM project has mapped how Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland & the Netherlands support this emerging clean energy source.
👉Check the AQE Tracker to see where your country stands & what opportunities await for you:
aquacom.nweurope.eu/tracker
⚡ Yesterday, Rosalinde van der Vlies, Head of Unit for Just Transition at DG ENER, backed the Citizens Energy Package target of increasing community-owned renewable energy tenfold by 2030.
📣 The package’s actions have great potential but enforcement mechanisms are needed.
#10xCommunityPower
🤝 A few days ago, we met with MEPs from @socialistsanddemocrats.eu who support the Citizens Energy Package target of increasing community-owned renewable energy tenfold by 2030.
🌞 MEPs Annalisa Corrado, @christopheclergeau.bsky.social & Thomas Bajada say yes to #10xCommunityPower!
The European Energy Community Facility 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 for your proposal? Join this info session:
📆 6 May at 10:00 CEST
📍 Online
Register now! ➡️ energycommunitiesfacility.eu/events/info-...
🌱 At what stage is your energy community?
Take the test to find out where your energy community project stands - from the first spark of inspiration to full operation - and receive tailored guidance for your next steps. 🧭
👉 energycommunityplatform.eu/energy-commu...
☑️Short-term support
☑️Mid-term policy integration
☑️Long-term system transformation
National community energy coalitions build roadmaps that go beyond individual projects.
Learn how the #LifeCOMET project makes this happen 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/na...
🏆 The #FastandFairAward finalists have been selected!
Check out these fantastic #wind energy projects and get your votes in by March 31!
Details: fastandfairenergy.eu/award-vote
@caneurope.org @windeurope.bsky.social @solarpowereu.bsky.social @erefeu.bsky.social @eeb.org
✊Civil society unites to defend the Social Climate Fund
This week we met with the cabinet of Commission Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto to call for:
✅Transparency and stakeholder inclusion in Social Climate Plans
✅No weakening of ETS2
✅Stronger Social Climate Plans with additional revenues
Good practice: citizen energy protects consumers! ⚡️
With energy market uncertainty rising again, cooperative suppliers reactivate price caps and favor local, short supply chains. 🤝 In Belgium, Cociter, a cooperative supplier, caps the electricity price again.
www.cociter.be/cociter-prot...
🎯 The Citizens Energy Package aims to increase community energy production tenfold by 2030, but ambition alone won't get us there.
The legislation is ready. The goals are there. What's missing? Binding commitments & funding.
Read our op-ed ⤵️
revolve.media/insights/how...
#10xCommunityPower
🤝 We met with several MEPs to discuss the Citizens Energy Package's goal of increasing community-owned renewable energy tenfold by 2030.
⚡MEPs @btobback.bsky.social, @nielsfuglsang.bsky.social , @brigittevdberg.bsky.social, @rudikennes.bsky.social and Anna Stürgkh support #10xCommunityPower.
The #AquaCOM project helps energy communities in North-West Europe to use aquathermal energy for heating.
Subscribe to the project newsletter to:
📣 Stay up to date on the project activities
🛠️ Discover useful resources on this renewable energy source
👉 nweurope.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
🚀 Energy communities don’t scale on their own
🤝 Across Europe, national coalitions act as intermediaries: bridging citizens, policymakers, DSOs and regulators to make community energy work in practice.
🔎 Discover the coalitions supported through #LifeCOMET: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/coalitions
⚡ "In a tumultuous era of geopolitical and economic uncertainty, energy communities can be the cohesive glue that connects EU values and objectives, to people’s everyday bread and butter issues"
Article from our colleagues Chris Vrettos and @saratachelet.bsky.social ⤵️
#EUSEW2026 #10xCommunityPower
💰 Planning a visit to the bank?
Make your pitch count! This SCCALE 20 30 50 guide will help bank representatives understand your community energy project, improving your chances of walking out with the funding you need.🤝
Have a look at it!
→ energycommunityplatform.eu/resources/fi...
🌈 Why do national coalitions of energy communities matter?
The new #LifeCOMET report walks us through the crucial support they bring to the community energy movement, exploring common challenges and strategies across 7 countries.
📄Check it out! lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/na...
🤝 Together with over 75 partners representing civil society, companies and business associations we say no to further weakening or delay of ETS2.
Read the letter here: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...
📢 Webinar alert!
⚡How can public funding better support energy communities?
Designing financing calls that are simple, accessible and impactful is a common challenge for public authorities.
📅 17 March 2026
⏰ 11:00–12:00 CET
💻 Online
👉 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44f1c5...
