# COGEN Europe > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/COGEN_Europe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/COGEN_Europe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COGEN_Europe > Source revision: 1353877501 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) European advocacy group This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "COGEN Europe" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration (COGEN Europe)** is a European [advocacy group](/source/Advocacy_group) based in [Brussels](/source/Brussels), [Belgium](/source/Belgium) that promotes the practice of [cogeneration](/source/Cogeneration) in energy production. The group acts as a liaison between its member companies and [European Union](/source/European_Union) energy organizations and committees.[1][2][3] Cogeneration, or Combined Heat and Power (CHP), is a key component of the energy efficiency and decarbonisation strategy of the [European Union](/source/European_Union). CHP systems simultaneously generate electricity and usable heat through a single, highly efficient process. By capturing and utilising heat that would otherwise be wasted, CHP directly meets thermal energy demands while significantly reducing primary energy consumption. This efficiency translates into substantial cuts in CO₂ emissions, making CHP a powerful tool in the transition to a low-carbon energy system.[4] COGEN Europe was established in 1993 as a [not-for-profit organisation](/source/Not-for-profit_organization) (ASBL - *association sans but lucratif* in French and VZW - *vereniging zonder winstoogmerk* in Dutch) during the time that the European Union adopted the SAVE Directive.[5] Members of this organisation are national industry associations and companies promoting cogeneration across EU Member States and beyond.[6] COGEN Europe was involved in various EU-funded projects, including as a coordinator of the two largest EU projects to rollout fuel cell micro-cogeneration (FC mCHP), such as [ene.field](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/303462/results) and [PACE](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/700339/reporting). In 2024, COGEN Europe reported a turnover of approximately €410,000,[7] of which €107,756 came from EU grants.[8] ## See also - [COGEN World Coalition](https://cogenworld.org/) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [COGEN Europe](http://www.cogeneurope.eu/about-cogen-europe_2.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Growing cogeneration in Europe"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131110021307/http://www.code-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/D6.1-Proposal-for-a-European-Cogeneration-Roadmap.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.code-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/D6.1-Proposal-for-a-European-Cogeneration-Roadmap.pdf) (PDF) on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [MicroCHP championed by COGEN Europe in latest position statement](https://archive.today/20131110015503/http://www.chpa.co.uk/microchp-championed-by-cogen-europe-in-latest-position-statement_1520.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["COGEN EUROPE Managing Director Roberto Francia talks to SETIS"](https://setis.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-01/setis_heating_and_cooling_magazine.pdf) (PDF). *European Commission - SETIS magazine*. June 2016: 30–33. Retrieved 2025-09-24. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Keynote speech by Commissioner Simson at COGEN Europe's Annual Conference"](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/et/speech_23_3604). *European Commission - European Commission*. Retrieved 2025-03-19. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Kolanowski, Bernard F. (2022). *Small-scale Cogeneration Handbook* (5th ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 80. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-000-55600-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-000-55600-1). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** National Bank of Belgium (2025). ["Annual accounts filed with and accepted by NBB"](https://consult.cbso.nbb.be/consult-enterprise/0861467787). Retrieved 2025-09-24. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** European Union Transparency Register (2025). ["Profile of registrant - The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration"](https://transparency-register.europa.eu/search-register-or-update/organisation-detail_en?id=38305846546-70). Retrieved 2025-09-24. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.cogeneurope.eu/) This article about energy, its collection, its distribution, or its uses is a stub. 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