Chris Vrettos

Financing Project Manager REScoop.eu and EUSEW Young Energy Ambassador  

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Chris Vrettos is a EUSEW Young Energy Ambassador and currently is working for REScoop.eu, the European Federation of Energy Cooperatives, focusing on financing, policy and advocacy. He also works for Electra Energy Cooperative, a social enterprise that promotes the active engagement of citizens in renewable energy production in Greece, the Balkans and abroad. He has worked on multiple research programs as an assistant, on topics such as the EU Green Deal and degrowth. He’s interested in international climate politics and journalism and has attended multiple UNFCCC COPs.

Can the EU’s Social Climate Fund Make Yellow Vests Green?

Europe’s climate plan risks igniting social unrest if citizens are left behind in the clean energy transition. Climate regulations are…

A Just Transition Powered by Citizens 

Energy communities should be part of the green (re)industrialization debate. Citizen ownership of the energy transition is gaining increasing traction…

Energy Communities in Action

Chris Vrettos, Financing Project Manager of REScoop EU, explains how being part of energy communities can reduce our bills and…

Show Me the Money 

Are public fundings really supporting energy communities?   A permanent joint borrowing instrument; innovative taxes, such as on fossil fuels and…

Sharing is Caring

Local and affordable clean energy benefits us all. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine jolted Europe awake. But it was the ensuing…