Access to Capital for Community Energy

The ACCE project aims to develop and scale collective financing tools for energy cooperatives in Europe, targeting €90 million in citizen investments through new and expanded financing schemes.

Subsidie
€ 1.749.143
2022

Projectdetails

Introduction

ACCE stands for Access to Capital for Community Energy. It is a project to develop and scale up collective financing tools for energy cooperatives across Europe. This project will serve to develop innovative financing schemes for energy communities, drawing from existing examples in the cooperative movement.

Objectives

The main objectives of the project are to:

  1. Create 5 Community Energy Financing Schemes (CEFS) in 5 target countries (RO, HR, ES, DE, BE) set up at the national or regional level.
  2. Realize 2 expansions (in scope and capital) for existing CEFS in the Netherlands and France.
  3. Create a European intermediary for national Community Energy Financing Schemes (CEFS) aimed at accessing EU capital and funds.
  4. Trigger the investment of 90 million euros of citizen investments through the creation of Community Energy Financing Schemes (CEFS).

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 1.749.143
Totale projectbegroting€ 1.841.207

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-11-2022
Einddatum31-10-2025
Subsidiejaar2022

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • RESCOOP EU ASBLpenvoerder
  • BEDRIJFSBUREAU ENERGIE SAMEN BV
  • ZELENA ENERGETSKA ZADRUGA ZA USLUGE
  • GOIENER S.COOP
  • BUNDNIS BURGERENERGIE EV
  • ENERGIE PARTAGEE COOPERATIVE
  • COOPERATIVADEENERGIE.RO SOCIETATE COOPERATIVA EUROPEANA CU RASPUNDERE LIMITATA
  • ECOPOWER

Land(en)

BelgiumNetherlandsCroatiaSpainGermanyFranceRomania

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