| REScoop.eu | |
| Type: | non-governmental organization |
| Founded: | Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium |
| Purpose: | energy democracy, renewable energy, and cooperatives |
| Headquarters: | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Region Served: | Europe |
| Main Organ: | Board of directors, elected by the Annual General Meeting |
| Founder: | Dirk Vansintjan |
| Website: | www.rescoop.eu |
REScoop.eu is the European federation of renewable energy cooperatives,[1] founded in 2011.
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]
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”.