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Local ownership in Lochem Energie

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In the Dutch Climate agreement of 2019 an important sentence was added: 'We strive to 50% local ownership for large-scale energy-generation'. We made a movie (3,5 minutes) about the impact of this endeavour on LochemEnergie. We did that in cooperation with Rescoop.eu/Myriam Castanié. Hopefully it inspires you, your cooperative and your country Read More

Discover the ECCO Time Line

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Community renewable energy cooperatives emerge from North West Europe in an effort to organize the supply of renewable energy, while at the same time empowering sustainable development of local communities. Emerging community energy co-ops often lack the ability to become part of the energy transition. They often face barriers: lack of financial strength, technical and management knowledge. This timeline provides a visual aid to enable prospective ECCOs to easily access the tools they need for initial development. Read More

Webinar 'Regional Energy Strategy and business parks'

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In 2016 Segon was asked by the province of Noord Brabant to write a vision for future-proved business parks. After publishing, they were asked by Lage Meren-Meilust, a business park in Bergen op Zoom, to make an action plan and to apply it. They now have more than three years of experience with this. In the Netherlands, they have a 'Regional Energy Strategy'. It imposes a number of obligations on the municipalities to regulate energy savings and to create sustainable energy. The business parks play an important role in the RES. Read More