Local integrated RESCoop

This model is typically born from groups of citizens in a bottom-up approach with the motivation to fulfil a need they have identified. It is the most common and by all means it is the original bottom-up scheme of an RESCoop. The RESCoop keeps a small size and develops small local projects, such as solar panels, watermill or biomass boilers. They have limited capital and the financial resources invested mainly come from the members (shares, loans). Typically, a group of citizens that decides to renovate a watermill in their village to produce electricity enters in this category. This model may also include integrated concepts in terms of services: production, supply, distribution when possible, and other services which results in a quite long organizational trajectory. The objective is to function independently on the different dimension of energy provision, mainly on volunteering without many employees. Urberoa in Spain and Ecopower in Belgium are good examples for this model.