Unlocking the community bioenergy potential

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.

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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.

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What is bioenergy? What do communities offer? Learn more in our dedicated sections and with our project results.

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🗞️"The use of bioenergy is increasing in Europe and essential for the energy transition" stated @irenedipadua in her contribution to @RevistaRETEMA global #bioenergy analysis.
🔎Discover more about the role of this #renewableenergy in #Europe #Spain and the world below👇

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Are you ready to take the next step in your relationship with energy? ⚡

In an #energycommunity you can create cheaper and cleaner energy together with your neighbours.

Learn more about energy communities and what you can do to establish one: https://projectgreta.eu/

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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. […]

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: