Project summary
REC4EU is the first territorial cooperation project facilitating the uptake of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs), since the new common EU legislative framework (EU2018/2001 REDII) has been in place and transposed at Member State level.
With RECs, production, supply, distribution, sharing and consumption of renewable energy is carried out collectively by citizens, often partnering with SMEs and public authorities.
RECs can help move from a centralised to a decentralised energy production system, make better use of renewables, reduce energy costs and dependency from abroad and enhance citizen involvement in a prosumer role. By increasing use of renewables, REC4EU contributes to the greener, low carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy EU Cohesion objective.
Through impact on selected policy instruments, REC4EU improves territorial level governance and connected services for creation and development of RECs. Partners agree that this is the perfect timing to address the issue from this perspective. The partnership offers a broad EU coverage with 8 partners from 7 EU countries. It includes more advanced areas, where RECs are a reality, and less advanced areas setting up their first coordination and support tools.
Partners analyse and address technical, regulatory, economic, social barriers to RECs, to set up an integrated governance and support framework for creation and development of RECs. This supports the entire process of REC development, including assessing quality of stakeholder initiatives, providing legal, financial and technical guidance and engaging with civil society.
Partners design and monitor policy improvements to develop such support mechanisms and build capacity among public authorities and stakeholders to drive the necessary shift towards innovative energy production/consumption schemes.
REC4EU is based on a series of interconnected steps leading from territorial analysis to policy change, thanks to interregional exchange and learning.
With RECs, production, supply, distribution, sharing and consumption of renewable energy is carried out collectively by citizens, often partnering with SMEs and public authorities.
RECs can help move from a centralised to a decentralised energy production system, make better use of renewables, reduce energy costs and dependency from abroad and enhance citizen involvement in a prosumer role. By increasing use of renewables, REC4EU contributes to the greener, low carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy EU Cohesion objective.
Through impact on selected policy instruments, REC4EU improves territorial level governance and connected services for creation and development of RECs. Partners agree that this is the perfect timing to address the issue from this perspective. The partnership offers a broad EU coverage with 8 partners from 7 EU countries. It includes more advanced areas, where RECs are a reality, and less advanced areas setting up their first coordination and support tools.
Partners analyse and address technical, regulatory, economic, social barriers to RECs, to set up an integrated governance and support framework for creation and development of RECs. This supports the entire process of REC development, including assessing quality of stakeholder initiatives, providing legal, financial and technical guidance and engaging with civil society.
Partners design and monitor policy improvements to develop such support mechanisms and build capacity among public authorities and stakeholders to drive the necessary shift towards innovative energy production/consumption schemes.
REC4EU is based on a series of interconnected steps leading from territorial analysis to policy change, thanks to interregional exchange and learning.
A few numbers
2,224,089 € budget
01 Mar 2023-31 May 2027
10 partners