About BECoop
The ambition of BECoop (2020-2023), a project supported by the European Horizon 2020 programme, is to provide the necessary conditions, technical as well as business support tools, for unlocking the underlying market potential of community bioenergy, fostering new links and partnerships.
Unlocking replication potential and scaling up at the EU level
Developing bioenergy communities
Reducing resistance, boosting demand and start de-risking community bioenergy investments
Empowering policy to transfer the community energy momentum to bioenergy heating
Making community bioenergy project development easier, further cutting down time and cost efforts
Becoop key results
Resources to foster a broad deployment of bioenergy heating technologies and communities across Europe: access some here and navigate this website to find more (financial and technical catalogues, factsheets, etc.)!
Pilot Areas
BECoop tests the implementation of community bioenergy heating support scheme in 4 complementary pilot cases before transferring to additional cases across the EU.
Read About
What is bioenergy? What do communities offer? Learn more in our dedicated sections and with our project results.
Latest news
The aim of this guide is to help you create a Renewable Energy Community (REC) in your area and contains information, practical tips and tools. However, it does not address in depth all the steps and aspects involved in the process of creating an REC, as this is not its purpose; it has a different […]
RE-energising Europe – Discussions, high-level panels, poster session and field visit organised by 7 EU-funded projects! Taking place in Brussels (Atelier 29) on 24-25 October, the event is bringing together speakers from EU institutions, project representatives and key players of the energy market. Key topics related to energy in Europe will be tackled including but […]
The BECoop team met in May in Bilbao and places nearby to discover together the Spanish pilot case, visits organised by the GOIENER team. We visited various places guided by experts in biomass, forest management, and energy communities. Town Hall of Zuia We started with the Town Hall of Zuia, where a local forest management […]
Latest events
RE-energising Europe – Discussions, high-level panels, poster session and field visit organised by 7 EU-funded projects! Taking place in Brussels (Atelier 29) on 24-25 October, the event is bringing together speakers from EU institutions, project representatives and key players of the energy market. Key topics related to energy in Europe will be tackled including but […]
June 12, 11.30-1pm CET – Supporting energy communities in tackling energy poverty and gender inequality: skill up! This webinar offers the opportunity to discuss how energy poverty can be tackled by increasing inclusivity and skills. Speakers will address ways to strengthen inclusion by combining efforts led by municipalities, energy suppliers, civil society organisations and citizens. […]
Webinar series – Join us from November 2022 to May 2023 to learn more on bioenergy and communities!
BECoop partners are holding a series of webinars, from November 2022 to May 2023, to introduce key topics to whoemever is interested. The webinars last 45 minutes and are recorded, then made available on our Knowledge Exchange Platform. Join us for the next ones and add them to your calendars: