Regional-national RESCoop

The model is born either from a group of citizens that has scaled up or from an external initiative that gathered the relevant actors together. The motivation is either to meet specific needs or to take up opportunities. The objective is to develop a mix of activities and/or to be active on various energy sources. They generally develop different projects at a regional or national level with different production sites. They function with volunteers as well as employees for the operational issues. The financial sources are more diversified, and they develop partner relationships on different matters. Typically, a RESCoop that develops photovoltaic, wind and biomass projects at the level of a region or country enters in this category. Most of the bioenergy RESCoops have been identified under this Business Model. BECoop’s consortium partners such as Goiener in Spain and ESEK in Greece are typical examples.