2. Who is standing in front of you?
Dirk Knapen, Flanders, Belgium
Actively involved in sustainable energy sector
since 1994
Trainee at Nordic Folkecenter in 1997
organising study tours in Denmark
Policy and project work on climate and energy
for the Flemish environment movement since
2000
Joined REScoop.be last february
3. Who am I representing?
Dirk Vansintjan, Flanders, Belgium
Active in the renewable energy sector since 1985
Ecopower cvba since 1991
Active in the Conseil Nationale de la Coopération
(National board of the Cooperation)
Member of Coopkracht
Vice-president of REScoop.be
President of REScoop.eu
In contact with Cooperatives Europe/ICA
5. REScoop.eu
Backed by UN
2012 declared international year of
cooperatives as well as sustainable energy
Definition of a Cooperative
“A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons
united voluntarily to meet their common economic,
social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a
jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.”
6. REScoop.eu
Baseline 7 international cooperative principles
1. Voluntary, open membership
2. Democratic member control
3. Member economic participation
4. Autonomy and independence
5. Education, training and information
6. Cooperation among cooperatives
7. Concern for the community
www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html
7. REScoop.eu
Practical application of the 7 cooperative principles
Supporting local communities
Clean, affordable energy supply for all
Citizens role in production, distribution and supply
Sharing of experience
Mutual practical and organisational support
Creation of cooperative investment fund
Creation of pan-European sustainable energy supplier
Lobby local, regional, national, European and
international authorities
10. Event title Foreseen Foreseen place Target group Target
month number of
participants
4 national workshops 11,13,15, 17 Bozen (IT), Lille or Mentors 25 mentors
for mentors Bretagne (FR), Girona (ES), Organisations 60
Copenhagen (DK) Groups of citizens organisations
2 validation 4, 7 To be agreed- during Partners
workshops for charter consortium meetings Stakeholders
Experts
12 community 13-16 To be defined after WP5.1 – Local communities, At least 75
engagement initial In any case between the 10 Citizens, stakeholders
workshops for the countries mainly covered by Local Authorities
pilots the project
4 open basic seminars 21, 24, 27, PL, HU, BL, EL Citizens, 50
at RES national fairs 30 Stakeholders
1open seminar on 16 Bretagne (FR) REScoops, 50
investment schemes new RES initiatives
5 broad open 19, 22, 25, Luxemburg, Carpathian EU citizens 50
information 28, 31 area, Ireland, Balkan area,
workshops Portugal
5 policy seminars 11, 15, 19, At meetings of the REScoops 30
23, 27 Consortium Energy market
regulators Relevant
EU institutions
1 EU level seminar 24 EWEA 2014 congress REScoops 150
Stakeholders
11. Ecopower production
°1991 (NPO TSAP, Leuven,°1985)
37.000 cooperative members
40 million € equity
Wind, 11 turbines, 20,86 MW
PV, 270 installations, 2,25 MW
Small hydro, restoration of 3
water mills, 0,1 MW
Plant oil cogeneration 1 plant,
0,25 MWe, 0,3 MWth
11 years: 6%, 1 year: 4% dividend
Support for 4 x 2,3 MW wind
turbines with Walloon REScoops
12. Ecopower supply
87,5 million kWh
1,1% of households in Flanders
31.495 customers on December 31
4.888 new customers in 2011
Cheapest and greenest electricity and
best customer service on the market
Link between renewable energy and
rational use of energy
Year Average Average consumption dropping
consumption
2006 3.909 continuously : -38% in 5 years
2007 3.331 Without customers with PV-installations
2008 3.063
(8809): 3096 kWh (-20%)
2009 2.985
2010 2.819 Very simple tarif
2011 2.421
13. Energy4all
Created due to daily enquiries received from
people looking to replicate the success of
Baywind, the UK's first community-owned
wind farm (www.baywind.coop)
Works primarily with community groups and
landowners, to develop renewable energy
projects wholly or partially owned by a
community co-operative
Created a 9 step stones guideline for groups
planning to set up a wind project
Provides a package of sector, admin, and
financial services to Coops in return for an
annual fee
14. Middelgrundens Vindmøllelaug
20 wind turbines,
10 northern owned by DONG Energy 10 southern
owned by Middelgrunden Wind Turbine
Cooperative
World famous, most photographed
Story of Danish people investing savings in wind
power told over and over again
Private partnership formed May 1997, by working group
for wind turbines at Middelgrunden
Following success of Lynetten Windpower
(www.lynettenvind.dk)
Aim to produce electricity through the establishment and
management of wind turbines on Middelgrunden shoal
Shareholders own a share corresponding to 1/40500 of
the partnership per share
15. ElektrizitätsWerke Schönau
Triggered 1986 by Chernobyl accident
1997 take-over local grid
1998 supply of Schönauer customers
exclusively with electricity form
renewable energy and cogeneration
1999 national supplier of clean
electricity
By 2012 operating 7 grids
2014 Berlin grid?
Shareholders: 1830
Customers electricity: approx. 130.000, natural gas: approx. 8.300
Subsidized new, ecological electricity production units: some 1950
PV, cogeneration, biogas, small hydro
16. REScoop 20-20-20 project
Project partners support groups and cooperatives of
citizens to go together for renewable energy
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Partners
www.ecopower.be/index.php/english
www.energy4all.co.uk/
www.middelgrunden.dk/middelgrunden/?q=en/node/35
www.ews-schoenau.de/footer/international.html
17. More information
www.ica.coop/al-ica/
International Cooperative Allliance
www.2012.coop/
2012 UN year of Cooperatives
www.sustainableenergyforall.org/
2012 UN year of sustainable energy
www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/
Rio+20 UNCSD
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
www.go100percent.org
100% renewable energy communities