Baby I know, that’s that me Espresso


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Publication date

February 4, 2025

What do Grammy-winner Sabrina Carpenter and Energy Cities have in common? “Baby I know, That’s that me Espresso.” While one produced a mega-hit called “Espresso” (listen here) getting you into an unstoppable summer mood, the other one (us) has got this irresistible Espresso training that wants you to learn more (and more and more) about sun, wind and other forms of community energy. The good news is that you don’t need to wait for Summer to get your shot of caffeine! Several new Espresso courses are to be launched in the next months.

Energy Cities’ Espresso training is for civil servants in municipalities all over Europe who want to better grasp the concept of community energy, to understand the very basics of how to support, finance or promote one.

If you missed the chance in 2024 and you wish to enrol to the Espresso course this year, here is the schedule of courses in different languages:

In English

EU course

1 March- 30 June 2025

Enrollment will open soon. Send us an email so that we can keep you posted.

An additional live class on “Energy sharing & energy poverty: limits and lucky chances” is planned for Spring: 1 hour online during which learners can get together and enjoy theory and fun exercises.

Ongoing: 6 January – 15 April 2025

In Romanian

Beginning of February – April/May 2025

In Greek

March – June 2025

In Croatian

Around May 2025

October-December 2025

Extra countries

…are planned and don’t hesitate to flag your interest to Miriam or Ian from Energy Cities if you’re interested in adapting the Espresso for your country!

👁️Watch this space to get the enrollment link shortly before the course opens.

A career push for newcomers on community energy

The course is self-paced and allows you to grow your skills on local renewable energy in a short time. It’s also a great opportunity for local governments to equip their workforce with knowledge that can help them achieve their climate and energy targets in a faster way.

The benefits of participating in short:

  • No need to be an expert, it’s a basic course for beginners
  • It’s a free course
  • It’s an interactive and self-paced course, different from a webinar
  • Modules take little time
  • Learners can promote their new skills with badges and certificates once they’ve completed modules and the course

Five modules to become better in community energy:

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: Financing basics

Module 3: Communications & facilitating dialogues

Module 4: Access to public sites

Module 5: Public procurement

DON’T FORGET: the Espresso is just one bit of the LIFE LOOP community energy accreditation scheme!