Crowdfunding the energy

transitionIrene Tordera, Marketing Manager

Athenes, 8 December 2016

“Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or

venture by raising many small amounts of money from a

large number of people, typically via the Internet.”

Crowdfunding Models

• Non-profit

• <€30.000

• Tangible

perks

• Pre-sale

• <€100.000

• Financial

return

• Scale-ups

• <€500.000

• Financial

Return

• Establishe

d SMEs

• €2.000.000

Donation Reward Equity Lending

• Securities and rewardcrowdfunding models

• Reducing NIMBY logics

• Sustainable future investments

• Partnerships

• Loan Instrument

• 3-5% annual interest

• Debenture

• 8-9% annual interest

• Reward crowdfunding

Obstacles to European RES crowdfunding

Excessive regulatory and administrative burdens prevent the set-up of EU wide

crowdfunding platforms for citizens’ investment;

The legal uncertainty for citizens’ cross-border investment due to the variety of national

regulatory systems;

The uneven playing across EU member states regarding the public support and visibility of

RES projects and tax incentives for citizens’ investment.

Citizenergy position paper, 2016

Since 2012, we are growing a transparent, (self-)

regulated and sustainable crowdfunding

industry

Mission

• Ongoing

dialogue

with EU

insitutions

• Joint

statement

s with

fellow

trade

bodies

• Consultan

cy

• Publicatio

ns

• Events

• 2 annual

conferenc

es

• Webinars

and

workshops

• Own

researche

s• Regulati

ons

• Applica

tions

• EC

research

projects• Renewa

bles

• CCS• R&I

• ECN

Code of

conduct

• Best

practices

• Transpare

ncy

• Fairness

LOBBYING EDUCATION RESEARCHSUSTAINAB

LE GROWTH

Activities

Numbers

70 Members (crowdfunding platforms and other stakeholders)

16 EU countries represented

8 Team members

9 Members od the Board of Directors

2 Major Conferences organizedeach year

More

information

www.eurocrowd.org

info@eurocrowd.org

@eurocrowd