Membership

Join EREF – Europe’s Federation for Independent Renewable Energies
Driving a 100% Renewable Energy System

The European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF) brings together national renewable energy associations, independent power producers, and innovators across Europe.

For more than 25 years, EREF has served as trusted coordination platform for independent renewable actors, especially SMEs, helping shape fair, transparent, and stable frameworks for a fully renewable energy system in Europe.

As a trusted European stakeholder, EREF connects leading voices from EU institutions, industry, and research through a high-level network that helps shape Europe’s renewable framework and strengthen investor confidence. Through its activities, EREF promotes renewables as driver for Europe’s energy transformation: from market design and grid planning to permitting, financing, flexibility, and innovation.

Be part of the federation that connects expertise from across all renewable energy sectors to shape Europe’s energy system.

Why join EREF

Membership gives you a direct connection to the European policy process and a strong collective platform in Brussels and Member states.

EREF members gain early insight into policy developments, contribute coordinated expert input, and engage with EU institutions, partner associations across Member States, and key stakeholders.

As a member, you can:

receive first-hand information on EU legislation and upcoming initiatives,
participate in dedicated Working Groups on key energy and climate files,
contribute to EREF papers, consultations, and technical recommendations to EU institutions,
engage directly with EU institutions and stakeholders through EREF’s dialogue formats and consultation processes,
exchange expertise and best practices with peers across Europe,
join focused policy events organised by EREF,
strengthen your visibility and credibility among European policymakers and renewable energy networks.

EREF’s community brings together:

national umbrella and sectoral associations across all renewable technologies,
SMEs (project developers, energy producers, system and equipment manufacturers) and research partners through the Industry & Science Advisory Committee (ISAC).

Membership Options

EREF Membership (National Renewable Energy Associations)	ISAC Membership (Industry & Science Advisory Committee)
EREF’s members form the heart of the federation. National umbrella and sectoral associations collectively set priorities and guide our work in Brussels. As a democratic federation, every full member (regardless of size or technology) has one voice and one vote.	The Industry & Science Advisory Committee (ISAC) connects innovative SMEs (project developers, producers, system and equipment manufacturers) and research institutions with EREF’s European policy and analytical work. It offers members direct access to EREF’s network of high-level EU decision-makers to report their first-hand experience of their daily business practice with renewable energy project development and production and to highlight their proposals to improve the European legal framework. In addition, ISAC members benefit from first-hand policy intelligence and early insights into upcoming EU developments; EREF’s assessment of the impact of EU policy proposals on SMEs; an increased visibility within Brussels’ renewables community; and an open space for dialogue and cooperation – strengthening the role of independent actors and SMEs in Europe’s renewable energy landscape.
Who can join: associations and organisations of producers of renewable energy from EU or EFTA countries may become full members of EREF (Article 6(2), Statutes); eligible members include national renewable energy associations or sectoral organisations representing independent generators of electricity, heat, or fuels and promoting stable, transparent, and non-discriminatory frameworks for their members.	Who can join: innovative SMEs, research institutions, and universities from EU or EFTA countries (Article 6(3), Statutes); eligible companies primarily work in renewable energy project development, energy generation, and/or are system and equipment manufacturers; they are independent of entities whose core business could conflict with the interests of independent renewable producers.
Benefits include: full participation and voting rights in the EREF General Assembly; possibility to be elected to EREF’s Board and contribute to the federation’s strategic direction and governance; active role in shaping EREF’s collective policy and legal work through dedicated Working Groups; access to exclusive policy updates, joint meetings, and member-only briefings on EU legislative and regulatory developments; exchange of best practices and mutual support among national and sectoral associations, fostering cooperation across markets and technologies; strengthened credibility and visibility through EREF’s established presence in Brussels and participation in high-level exchanges with European and international institutions.	Benefits include: access to EREF’s network of high-level EU decision-makers to report their first-hand experience of their daily business practice with renewable energy project development and production and to highlight their proposals to improve the European legal framework; access to first-hand information and expert analysis on EU energy and climate legislation, supporting early assessment of policy and regulatory impacts on SMEs and innovators; tailored guidance through EREF’s Secretariat for strategic updates, input opportunities, and engagement on relevant EU policy files; opportunity to feed company or sector-specific expertise into EREF’s analytical and policy work, ensuring operational and technical insights inform European decision-making; possibility to participate in dedicated ISAC events, EREF Working Groups, and cross-sector exchanges connecting industry, academia, stakeholders and decision-makers; increased visibility for your organisation or company through EREF’s events, publications, and expert network in Brussels and across Europe.
Join EREF as a Member	Join EREF’s ISAC as a Member

Be part of the European renewables movement

By joining EREF, you strengthen the collective platform of independent renewable producers and innovators across Europe.

Smaller actors, in particular SMEs, energy communities, and energy citizens, are essential to Europe’s renewable energy transition but often still face structural barriers to participation in energy and industrial policymaking. Through EREF, these actors gain equal access to European processes and discussions, ensuring that their practical experience and perspectives contribute to shaping future frameworks and markets.

As an EREF member, you help reinforce the visibility and recognition of smaller producers and innovators within Europe’s energy transition. Together, we work to ensure that the principles of fairness, diversity, and decentralisation remain embedded in European energy legislation and implementation.

Together, we are building a decentralised, democratic, and 100% renewable energy system that delivers secure, affordable, and sustainable energy for all.

Interested in joining or learning more?

We are happy to explore how your organisation or company could contribute to and benefit from EREF’s work.

For more information or to explore membership options, working groups, and current initiatives, please contact EREF Secretary General Dirk Hendricks at dirk.hendricks@eref-europe.org.

He will gladly answer any questions or arrange a short introductory call with our Brussels team.