The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) was founded in 2000 by the European renewable energy industry, trade and research associations. EREC was located in the Renewable Energy House in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, a monument protected building with

100% renewable energy 100% renewable energy means getting all energy from renewable resources. The endeavor to use 100% renewable energy for electricity, heating, cooling and transport is motivated by climate change, pollution and other environmental issues ...

supply for heating and cooling. EREC acted as a representative in Brussels of the European Renewable industry and research community and acts as a forum for exchange of information and discussion on issues related to renewables. EREC provided information and consultancy on renewable energies for the political decision makers on local, regional, national and international levels. In May 2014 the General Assembly of EREC decided for a voluntary dissolution which led to the liquidation of the association.

Members

EREC was composed of the following non-profit associations and federations: * AEBIOM (

European Biomass Association Bioenergy Europe (formerly known as AEBIOM) is a European trade association open to national biomass associations and bioenergy companies active in Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own rig ...

) * EGEC (European Geothermal Energy Council) * EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association) * EREF (

European Renewable Energies Federation Renewable energy plays an important and growing role in the energy system of the European Union. The Europe 2020 strategy included a target of reaching 20% of gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, and at least 32% by 203 ...

). * ESHA (European Small Hydropower Association) * ESTIF (European Solar Thermal Industry Federation) * EUBIA (

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) * EUREC Agency (

European Renewable Energy Research Centres Agency The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) was founded in 2000 by the European renewable energy industry, trade and research associations. EREC was located in the Renewable Energy House in Brussels, a monument protected building with 100% renewab ...

) * EWEA (

European Wind Energy Association WindEurope is an association promoting the use of wind power in Europe. Based in Brussels it has over 600 members, which are active in over 50 countries, including manufacturers with a leading share of the world wind power market, component suppli ...

)

Renewable-energy economy

In the Greenpeace and EREC's

Energy (R)evolution In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ...

scenario, the world could eliminate fossil fuel use by 2090. According to EREC ''RE-thinking 2050'', Europe could become a

renewable-energy economy Renewable energy commercialization involves the Diffusion of innovations, deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economica ...

(using only renewable energy) by 2050.

Sources

References

*''Renewable Energy in Europe: Building Markets and Capacity'', published by

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(Science Publishers) Ltd.

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