Day 3: Wednesday 15 May

Main Conference Hall

In this workshop diverse funders will take the stage to pitch exciting opportunities for energy communities. This is a great chance to hear directly from the sources of support, learn about unique financing options, and find the perfect match to fuel your project's growth and impact.

Room: Telč

The new EU's Buildings Directive includes a reference to energy communities, opening a new market for citizen-led initiatives. With the acceleration of the building renovations market, this workshop will teach you how to set up your own citizen-led renovation project.

For REScoop.eu members only

Ostrava

At the end of 2019, the new directives of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package gave our members not one but two definitions for our REScoop.eu members; Renewable Energy Community (REC) and Citizen Energy Community (CEC).

Ever since, the EU energy community concepts have evolved. In this workshop, together with the REScoop.eu members, we will consider this evolution, along with the direction we want our federation, as well as the EU energy community concepts, to evolve.

Room: Telč

Energy coops have not yet reached their full potential as a democratising force of the energy sector. To change this, first, we will outline a radical alternative vision for the electricity sector. What is the market design, ownership structure, network development & operation, and flexibility provision that we should aim for?

Second, we will discuss the prospective role of the energy community movement to transform the energy sector. How to move toward a democratic, just & decarbonised energy sector in collaboration with other transformative actors? To get closer to this change, we will explore the collaboration potentials with other actors, such as the wider cooperative movement (especially housing coops), pioneer municipalities, trade unions.