Crowdfunding renewable energy projects: Guidelines for Investors, Project Developers and Crowdfunding Platforms
31 January 2018
The CrowdFundRES project has come to an end, but leaves a series of guidelines as legacy to spread the knowledge gained during the last three years.
The guidelines developed by CrowdFundRES are designed to facilitate better understanding of crowdfunding for renewable energy projects and [...] Read more
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Building on CrowdFundRES: CrowdFunding the energy transition
30 January 2018The CrowdFundRES project has reached its end. The project ran successfully for 3 years, co-funded under the European commission Horizon 2020 programme, with the ambitious aim to contribute to the [...] Read more -
Video interviews: Crowdfunding for Renewable Energy Projects
30 January 2018Guidelines, practical experience and policy recommendations, the CrowdFundRES Partners share their expertise. An introduction: representatives from OnePlanetCrowd, the University of Dundee [...] Read more -
CrowdFundRES Best Practices eBook “Crowdfunding Renewable Energy”
29 January 2018A practical guide for Crowdfunding Platforms, Project Developers, Investors and Policy Makers European countries have embraced a transition to renewable sources of energy at unprecedented [...] Read more -
Approaching energy crowdfunding with eyes wide open
16 January 2018Crowdfunding for renewable energy can be enticing to citizens who want to invest in and make money from a collective purpose at the same time. Expert Sissy Windisch gives her advice to [...] Read more -
Green crowdfunding: disruption or opportunity?
11 January 2018The disruptive character of digital technologies and startups has been acknowledged by the banks themselves, but the effects of renewable energy crowdfunding on traditional banking do more than [...] Read more -
Could renewables crowdfunding assist “unplugged” Africa?
8 January 2018Africa needs at least €21,1 billion annually to achieve universal access to modern energy, according to dr. Richard Munang, coordinator of the United Nations Environment (UNEP) Africa Regional [...] Read more -
EU Clean energy package: more chance for “energy citizens”?
11 December 2017The European Commission stresses the importance of a major “energy democracy” to boost renewables. A process that could also pave the way for alternative finance such as crowdfunding The [...] Read more -
Social impact of green crowdfunding
24 November 2017Researchers have measured the effectiveness of crowdfunding for renewable energy projects in terms of human and environmental wellbeing There is growing interest in crowdfunding as an [...] Read more -
Crowdfunding tapped as new finance path for rural electrification in India
17 November 2017With access to affordable, long-term finance still a challenge in India for last-mile energy infrastructure, creative solutions are seeing the light of day, including crowdfunding German debt [...] Read more -
Crowdfunding renewable energy projects in Europe: a reality and bright perspectives
23 October 2017The CrowdFundRES partners expose the state of play and potential of crowdfunding in Europe The European PV solar energy conference EU PVSEC was taking place at the RAI Convention Centre in [...] Read more -
How to find new projects and build an investor base as a newly launched crowdfunding platform
21 September 2017Newly launched crowdfunding platforms for renewable energy projects often face the challenge to find projects that are suitable for their platform. A clear identification of the platform’s [...] Read more -
Overcoming borders to crowdfund green energy
4 September 2017A French solar park, used by local farmers, has been successfully co-financed by investors from France and the Netherlands, thanks to an innovative solution tested by two renewable crowdfunding [...] Read more -
Beyond the borders: Renewable energy crowdfunding in Europe
3 August 2017Financing projects across multiple EU countries is nowadays all but easy. Lumo and Oneplanetcrowd, crowdfunding platforms based respectively in France and in the Netherlands, joined forces to [...] Read more -
‘Fintech’ helps power the green energy revolution
19 July 2017From “cryptocurrencies” to crowdfunding, innovative financial technology offers new ways for citizens to get involved in green energy projects, and to reap the benefits of the clean power [...] Read more -
Policy recommendations on regulatory and market framework improvements for crowdfunding RES projects
11 July 2017The fast development of crowdfunding in Europe has attracted the interest of the European Commission and the European Parliament in this relatively new form of financing. In this context of [...] Read more -
Incentive schemes for citizen: Will the French energy r/evolution inspire the rest of Europe?
23 June 2017Introduction Recent French and German incentives schemes to engage citizen in the roll-out of renewables demonstrate two things. Firstly, there is a real move towards greater financial [...] Read more -
Crowdfunding boosts green power
29 May 2017King’s Lodge, in the English county of Wiltshire, has 96 solar panels producing around 20,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year. The school is one of 19 in the UK that joined a project [...] Read more -
When crowdfunding is Sharia compliant
23 May 2017Starting at the bottom, creating a tangible project, sharing and limiting risk. This is what crowdfunding and Islamic finance is all about when they come together Islamic finance abides by the [...] Read more -
Green energy and politics: crowdfunding to the rescue?
15 May 2017The pressure’s on for countries to honour their climate change commitments. But US President Donald Trump is threatening to tear up the Paris agreement and the UK’s quitting the EU. So where [...] Read more -
Lumo & Oneplanetcrowd join on cross-border crowdfunding campaign for Solar project
7 April 2017Lumo and Oneplanetcrowd have joined together to crowdfund a solar project located near Perpignan in the South West of France. Lumo is a France-based crowdfunding platform. Oneplanetcrowdis [...] Read more -
Guidelines for Investors in Clean Energy Projects via Crowdfunding
31 March 2017Most crowdfunding platforms do not provide financial advice to investors. Reputable crowdfunding platforms try to present relevant information in a well-documented and [...] Read more -
Green energy: will French and German elections bring wind of change?
22 February 2017The future of energy production is set to be a crunch issue in this year’s big elections in France and Germany. The current leaders want to reduce nuclear and fossil-fuelled power. But could [...] Read more -
From teenager to pensioner: the green energy crowdfunders
16 February 2017Boosting the use of renewable energy has long been an ambition in Europe, but some efforts have powered down amid an ever-changing political landscape and dwindling finances. Now crowdfunding is [...] Read more -
Cutting out the middleman in renewable energy
13 February 2017A growing number of environmentally minded people are putting their money where their mouths are and directly investing in projects such as solar and wind farms, thanks to a rise in [...] Read more -
Crossing borders to crowdfund renewables
22 December 2016Today energy crowdfunding platforms and investors experience many problems if they want to finance projects that cross the legal boundaries between the EU member states. International experts are [...] Read more -
The role of citizens in the energy transition
28 November 2016The Energy Union strategy has put citizens at the core of the energy transition aiming to shape a future where citizens benefit from new technologies that will help them reduce energy costs and [...] Read more -
UK’s first ‘green energy’ Isa goes on sale
10 November 2016Product from ethical investment platform Abundance and Swindon council allows public to invest in renewables tax-free. What’s been described as the UK’s first “green energy” Isa is set [...] Read more -
European associations urge stronger public engagement in alternative financing
17 October 2016Frankfurt/Brussels, 7 October 2016. The largest challenges facing crowdfunding for sustainable energy today are a lack of awareness of the potential it has to offer and a lack of support on the [...] Read more -
Renewable Energy Crowdfunding Case Studies
3 October 2016This report contains case studies from leading renewable energy crowdfunding platforms in Europe providing a detailed view of how the platforms are set up, regulated and operate their business as [...] Read more -
Crowdfunding a renewable future
3 October 2016Crowdfunding is a popular way for people to invest. In 2015, an estimated EUR 4.2 billion was raised through crowdfunding platforms in Europe. And, increasingly it is being used to finance the [...] Read more -
Democratising capital: Why crowdfunding platforms and cooperatives should work together
30 September 2016The energy transition is a unique possibility in history to shift from centralised, fossil fuel based energy production to decentralised, sustainable energy production. The interesting part of [...] Read more -
Opinion: A missed opportunity to design a harmonised market for crowdfunding
20 September 2016At Crowddialogue Europe in Graz, Austria last week, a panel presentation, moderated by Ronald Kleverlaan, inquired about the status of the European legislation on crowd-investing. Looking [...] Read more -
Social, green, but primarily as an investment: all the features of energy crowdfunding
24 August 2016Platforms to raise funds for renewable projects want to take care of our planet and its inhabitants, but often they’re also looking for good returns There are three ways a crowdfunding [...] Read more -
Survey of Personal Investment Choices
3 August 2016Crowdfunding now exists and is growing in the European Union, with 22 Member States having World Wide Web based crowdfunding platforms in 2015 (EC, 2016). At the end of 2014, 502 [...] Read more -
With crowdfunding, everybody can help fight climate change
19 July 2016Fighting climate change is the responsibility of the people and civil society. This is the belief expressed by 56.5% of the 1,400 French citizens who participated in a public debate in September [...] Read more -
Crowdfunding Renewable Energy: In change there is opportunity
22 June 2016The world is continually changing with some things becoming inadequate and passing away while new things appear and enable us to have an improved world in which to live. I see the arising of [...] Read more -
European public in need of common EU framework on crowdfunding
20 June 2016CrowdFundRES and other stakeholders of the Citizenergy platform issue joint position paper "On the heels of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, a group of stakeholders have joined forces to call [...] Read more -
Prize-winning study looks at crowdfunding renewable energy
14 June 2016Researchers from Imperial College Business School have received an accolade in the 2015 EFMD Case Writing Competition. The study by Dr Charles Donovan, Principal Teaching Fellow, and Christopher [...] Read more -
Energy crowdfunding: the new way to boost renewables
30 May 2016Millions of euros have been crowdfunded in four years to finance small and medium renewable energy projects. And there is still potential to be developed It's a brand new sector: the first [...] Read more -
Crowdfunding the European Transition to Renewable Energy
29 May 2016The transition to sustainable energies, away from fossil fuel, is a political agenda that creates a huge need for capital investments. The role of crowdfunding in funding this transition was the [...] Read more -
CrowdFundRES workshops: Crowdfunding for renewable energies
25 May 201624 May 2016, Brussels, Belgium CrowdFundRES organised two workshops, one with crowdfunding platforms and one with renewable energy project developers around Europe, on the 24th of May in [...] Read more -
Minister of Economy Gives French Crowdfunding Sector a Boost
30 March 2016The Association of French crowdfunding platforms, Financement Participatif France, held the 3rd edition of its annual meeting called Assises de la Finance Participativeon the 29th of March 2016. [...] Read more -
COP21: Climate Change and the Role of Crowdfunding
15 December 2015"Given the climate change challenge at hand, it’s hardly surprising that a group of international bodies, including the OECD and the International Energy Agency, came together at COP21 to state [...] Read more -
Money is power | Citizenergy
9 December 2015The energy transition is not solely a technical transition from centralised fossil fuel production to decentralised renewable energies. It mostly is a social and political transition within the [...] Read more -
Mapping EU crowdfunding markets and events
4 November 2015This report considers key trends in the European crowdfunding market during 2013 and 2014, encompassing a variety of funding models, including (but not limited to) loans, equity and rewards. Data [...] Read more -
Renewable Energy Crowdfunding: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead
28 October 2015The Renewable Energy Directive of the European Union is now six years old. All of the more recent initiatives, most notably the momentum now behind a European Energy Union, build on the [...] Read more -
Renewable Energy Crowdfunding Conference in London
15 October 20155 November 2015 London, UK Since its appearance, renewable energy crowdfunding helped financing more than 300 projects in the world, raising capital for over €165 mln. It proved to be a [...] Read more -
Watch the CrowdFundRES video
10 October 2015This is our world today. It’s changing every day. The impact that man is having is compromising our future, and renewable energy is the way forward. Watch the video and take the survey. Read more -
Renewable Energy Crowdfunding World Map
21 September 2015Crowdfunding has become increasingly important as a source of financing for renewable energy, and the platforms are starting to make a real difference. But which are the most important platforms [...] Read more -
Renewable Energy Crowdfunding going mainstream
18 September 2015The renewable energy crowdfunding industry is going mainstream in the UK, and the regulatory frameworks are being established across the EU that will allow for the rapid growth of the sector over [...] Read more -
Could crowdfunding help scale up renewable energy projects?
11 August 2015There are some scary numbers bandied about when discussing the scale of the energy challenge in the UK. At the recent Economist UK Energy Summit, Katja Hall, chief policy director of the CBI, [...] Read more -
The democratisation of finance for clean-tech
4 May 2015In the past clean-tech start-ups would focus on gaining funding from business angels, venture capitalists or large financial institutions, investing large amount of capital with the expectation [...] Read more -
Clean and affordable: the wind energy challenge
29 April 2015On 22 April 2015, it is world Earth Day. The idea is to raise awareness of the need to rely on renewable energy. The EU requires its member states to provide a a 27% share of renewable energies [...] Read more -
The consortium
28 April 2015The consortium has been put together, including leading European experts and companies that complement each other in terms of know-how, geographical coverage and field of activity in [...] Read more -
CrowdFundRES has been launched!
24 April 2015Unleashing the potential of Crowdfunding for Financing Renewable Energy Projects. Coordinator WIP hosts the first meeting in Munich with the 14 partners of this European project, with the aim [...] Read more
