Base Deutschland GmbH

From January 2001 to December 2005 Canopus served as the main German partner and Executing Agency for New Energy BASE, a €1.5M trinational project bringing together enterprises, financing entities, and public and private organisations to promote sustainable energy in the region at the Upper Rhine, where France, Germany, and Switzerland meet.

The creation of BASE Deutschland GmbH was one of the many success stories of this project. BASE Deutschland changed its name to forseo GmbH on July 1, 2006. forseo works toward the overall BASE mission within Germany to build strategic partnerships between entrepreneurs and financiers to mobilize capital for sustainable energy. The CANOPUS Foundation holds 75 % of the shares of forseo GmbH.

Another spin-off project of New Energy BASE is RegioNER: Financing innovative energy solutions for the municipality of the future. RegioNER aims to support municipalities in the Upper Rhine in financing and implementing sustainable energy projects. Since public money for such projects is on the decline, private capital is becoming increasingly necessary. Through RegioNER, municipalities will learn about new financing models and solutions. forseo GmbH is the Executing Agency for RegioNER. The RegioNER project is co-funded by Interreg.