REScoop.eu
European Federation of Renewable Energy Cooperatives
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REScoop.eu is the European federation of renewable energy cooperatives,[1] founded in 2011.
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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 | Brussels, Belgium |
Region served | Europe |
Main organ | Board of directors, elected by the Annual General Meeting |
| Website | www.rescoop.eu |
As of 1 February 2025[update], it had 121 member organisations (energy communities, regional federations or small businesses and associations) in 25 European countries, representing 2,500 individual REScoops and their 2 million citizens.[2]
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, to develop the activities of the federation and build a European renewable energy cooperative alliance.[3]
REScoop is a short term for Renewable Energy Source Cooperative.[4]
Positions and campaigns
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”.
