Representing over 2250 energy cooperatives and 1,500,000 European citizens, REScoop.eu can be viewed as the bellwether of a burgeoning community energy movement. With a long history dating back to the first community-owned grids in Germany in the beginning of the 20th century, energy communities have grown exponentially where effective enabling frameworks were put in place. Historically, as niche ideas break into the mainstream, the risk of cooptation by the system rises. Incumbent and new actors are now actively resisting, or hijacking, the community energy movement. Over the next few years, public (EU) funds will be instrumental in scaling up the work of energy communities, thus placing them on an equal footing with other market actors.
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