BECOOP

While community energy is about to play a very important role for the future energy transition, bioenergy has a very slow development in decentralized energy production.

BECoop's ambition is to foster a wide deployment of bioenergy technologies in the heating sector (across Europe by providing all the necessary conditions and support tools to unlock the market potential of EU bioenergy).

By using BECoop's support services and tools, communities and energy authorities will be able to: 

1. Mobilize citizens around new or existing community bioenergy initiatives.
2. Boost local demand for bioenergy by improving its image and social acceptance.
3. Increase the viability of their efforts by identifying appropriate technical, commercial and financial solutions, as well as by pooling the experience and partnerships of the wider EU bioenergy ecosystem. 

To showcase and build confidence, we piloted 4 complementary cases across Europe, targeting existing energy communities looking to include bioenergy heating projects, and local/national authorities aiming to initiate new community bioenergy structures with clean energy transition targets.

BECoop goes beyond local challenges because we replicate our concept to more EU cases, thus improving the robustness and attractiveness of community investments in bioenergy. BECoop will also create links between the international bioenergy community, increase its audience and foster new partnerships. 

Relevant policy structures and regulations will be supported by empirical evidence indicating ways to transfer the community energy approach to bioenergy and heating.

Finally, the project is supported by a multidisciplinary consortium covering all relevant stakeholders and knowledge requirements. It also includes key stakeholders who are considered natural recipients of its results (existing energy communities, RESCoop Federations and local/national authorities).