• - 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.

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.

Cogeneration is the most efficient way to deliver heating, cooling and electricity. It is based on the simultaneous production of electricity and thermal energy, both of which are used. The central and most fundamental principle of cogeneration is that, in order to maximise the many benefits that arise from it, systems should be based according to the heat demand of the application.

COGEN Europe is promoting the widespread development of cogeneration in Europe and world-wide. To achieve this goal, COGEN Europe is working at the EU level and with Member States to develop sustainable energy policies and remove unnecessary barriers to its implementation.