• - the European Energy Forum (EEF): provides an opportunity for its members to gain a better understanding of energy and energy related issues, through frank and informal discussionson the immensely varied issues present within the world of energy today.

• - the Sustainable Energy Europe: The Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign is a European Commission initiative in the framework of the Intelligent Energy – Europe programme, which aims to raise public awareness and promote sustainable energy production and use among individuals and organisations, private companies and public authorities, professional and energy agencies, industry associations and NGOs across Europe.

• - BUILD UP: the European web portal for energy efficiency in buildings.

• - the Energy Efficiency Watch: promote energy efficiency and good policy in the field of energy efficiency within Europe.

- Representing the interests of COGEN Europe members and of the cogeneration sector on the whole vis-à-vis the EU Institutions and other important organisations and institutions
- Organisation the COGEN Europe Annual Conference, the world’s largest annual cogeneration event in the calendar
- Organisation of otherevents, such as workshops and trainings
- Production of COGEN Europe publications
- Participation in international research and promotional projects
- Organisation of COGEN Europe’s Executive Committee and the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Coordination of five internal Working Groups

The COGEN Europe secretariat

Dr. Fiona Riddoch
Managing Director
fiona.riddoch@cogeneurope.eu

Thomas Esdaile-Bouquet
Public Affairs Manager
thomas.bouquet@cogeneurope.eu

Stefan Craenen
Communications Manager
stefan.craenen@cogeneurope.eu

Tanya Carre
Office Manager
tanya.carre@cogeneurope.eu

- Development of the multi-billion cogeneration market in Europe

- Impact on the development of key European policies and laws affecting cogeneration (e.g. Cogeneration Directive, Emissions Trading Directive, etc.)

- Access to market intelligence, e.g. free copies of country reports of the European Cogeneration Review two months ahead of non-Members (who have to pay)

- Entry in our members’ list

- Exclusive access to the Member Area of this website featuring member information, free information material, and market studies

- Accesss to a wide range of COGEN Europe publications, including research and market reports, and regular briefings and bulletins

- Opportunity to join COGEN Europe at conferences and exhibitions at discounted rates

- Opportunities to network with COGEN Europe members

- Opportunities for involvement in COGEN Europe’s working groups

Membership Application

If you would like more information on how to join COGEN Europe, please contact Stefan Craenen:
Tel: +32 2 772 82 90
Fax: +32 2 772 50 44
Email: stefan.craenen@cogeneurope.eu

Membership conditions

- The annual membership fees of all membership categories are due on 1 January of each year and cover that calendar year.

- The membership is for one full calendar year.

- Cancellation of a membership must be made in writing at least three months before the end of the current membership year.

- National Association Members from new EU Member States or Associate States are entitled to the small Association membership fee.

Cogeneration optimises the energy supply to all types of consumers with the following benefits to both users and society at large:

-Increased efficiency of energy conversion and use. Cogeneration is the most effective and efficient form of power generation
-Lower emissions to the environment, in particular of CO2, the main greenhouse gas. Cogeneration is the single biggest solution to the Kyoto targets

-Large cost savings, providing additional competitiveness for industrial and commercial users, and offering affordable heat for domestic users

-An opportunity to move towards more decentralised forms of electricity generation, where plant is designed to meet the needs of local consumers, providing high efficiency, avoiding transmission losses and increasing flexibility in system use. This will particularly be the case if natural gas is the energy carrier

-Improved local and general security of supply – local generation, through cogeneration, can reduce the risk that consumers are left without supplies of electricity and/or heating. In addition, the reduced fuel need which cogeneration provides reduces the import dependency – a key challenge for Europe’s energy future

-An opportunity to increase the diversity of generation plant, and provide competition in generation. Cogeneration provides one of the most important vehicles for promoting liberalisation in energy markets

-Increased employment – a number of studies have now concluded that the development of CHP systems is a generator of jobs.

The role of cogeneration in total electricity generation in Europe

The European Union currently generates 11% of its electricity using cogeneration. However, there is large difference between Member States with variations of the share of cogeneration between 0% and 42,8%. According to official Eurostat figures from 2007, there is no cogeneration in Malta, very little in Cyprus (0,3%) and Greece (1,6%). Denmark has the greatest share of cogeneration in total electricity generation (42,8%) followed by Latvia (40,9%). Significant potential exists in new Member States particularly for refurbishment of district heating schemes and their upgrade to include modern cogeneration where previously only heat was distributed. This is universally the case where a large district heating infrastructure already exists. For more information on the potential of cogeneration in Europe, visit www.code-project.eu

Source: Eurostat (2009): Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in the EU, Turkey, and Norway – 2007 data.

COGEN Europe’s Membership includes more than 70 power companies, power authorities, national cogeneration associations, suppliers, and other organisations involved in cogeneration in 30 countries.

The Executive Committee is the formal management body of COGEN Europe.

A considerable part of the thematic work of COGEN Europe is done through working groups. They provide input to the policy debates and expert knowledge on the functioning of the cogeneration market. At the moment there are five active working groups:

• Working Group ‘Emissions Trading & CHP’
• Working Group ‘Micro CHP’
• Working Group ‘Bio-Energy’
• Working Group ‘IPPC ‘
• Working Group ‘Grid Connections’

The COGEN Europe Office is located in Brussels, opposite the Madou Tower. The address is: Avenue des Arts 3-4-5, B-1210 Brussels. Find directions on how to get to the office here.

The COGEN Europe network covers the whole of the European Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and includes also Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

The COGEN Europe membership consists of four categories:

1. National Cogeneration Associations
2. Pan European Manufacturers
3. Pan European Users
4. Associated Members

1. National Cogeneration Associations
COGEN Europe currentlay has 17 national members:

Austrian Cogeneration Platform
COGEN Vlaanderen
COGEN Bulgaria
COGEN Czech

ATEE
Bundesverband Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (B.KWK)
Hellenic Association for the Cogeneration of Heat & Power (HACHP)
COGEN Hungary
Irish CHP Association (ICHPA)
ITAL COGEN
COGEN Nederland
KOGEN Polska
COGEN Portugal
Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI)
COGEN España
Turkish Cogeneration & Clean Energy Technologies Association
Combined Heat & Power Association (CHPA)

2. Pan European Manufacturers:
Centrax (Gas Turbine Division)
Cummins Power Generation
GE Jenbacher
Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery
Turbomach
Wärtsilä Corporation Power Plants Division

3. Pan European Users:
AkzoNobel Energy
ConocoPhillips European Power
ExxonMobil
Iberdrola Cogeneracion
RWE Npower

4. Associate Members:
Air Liquide Energy Mgt Services – Europe Division
Alouminium S.A.
Asociación Española de Cogeneracion (ACOGEN)
ATCO Power
Australian Ecogeneration Association
Baxi Group
British Sugar
Cargill (Western European Sweeteners)
Caterpillar
Center for Promotion of Natural Gas (CPNG-CGC)
Challoch Energy
COGEN Projects
Contourglobal
Dalkia
Delta Energy & Environment
Dresser Waukesha
ENER-G Combined Power
EnergieNed
Energy Serv
E.ON Benelux Services
E.ON UK CHP
Essent
Euroheat & Power
European Turbine Network
GDF Suez
GE Energy
Instituto para la diversificacion y ahorro de la energía (IDAE)
International District Energy Association (IDEA)
Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (H2IT)
KEMA Nederland
Honda Motor Europe
NUON
Polish Association of Professional Heat and Power Plants (PTEZ)
Rolls-Royce Marine
ScottishPower Gas and Electricity
SembCorp Utilities UK
SenerTec
SHV Gas
Smart Power Foundation (SPF)
TEDOM
Termoelektrarna Toplarna Ljubljana
U.S. Clean Heat & Power Association (USCHPA)
Vaillant
World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE)

COGEN Europe invites national promotional Cogeneration Organisations from the following countries to join its network of national cogeneration associations:

From the EU: Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Malta, Cyprus
From Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, FYROM, Russia, Serbia