Community-led energy for massive renewable production

Providing cities with tools to increase their locally-owned renewable energy production.

what are the hubs ?

We, at Energy Cities, are driven by a desire to strengthen the role and skills of local governments. The hubs are the community spaces that help us achieving our target impacts and goals by:

  • activating local leaders to deliver living spaces that are accessible to everyone
  • empowering local communities to decide on their own future
  • inspiring a learning community of cities engaged in future proofing their economies

join the hubs !

Our members are diverse cities and local organisations.
Hubs membership is totally free!

There are no conditions to join other than the ambition and the commitment to share experiences.

Register here

Hub coordinator

Sara Giovannini
Sara Giovannini
Communications, EU Policy & Overall Coordination

About the hub

Are you looking to boost your city’s energy transition while engaging the local population as much as possible and improving the local economy? Do you want a more resilient energy system that can alleviate energy poverty? Then the Community Energy Hub is for you!

People, local authorities and entrepreneurs can be socially responsible energy producers and distributors.

Through sharing best practice and new narratives, we will inspire cities to collaborate with citizens to develop community energy partnerships and projects, maximizing energy security and social equity.

Upcoming events All events

08 Apr - 10 Apr

conference

Besançon, France

Energy Cities Annual Forum 2025

The city of Besançon, the place of birth of Energy Cities, will host our annual forum on the 8th, 9th and 10th April 2025. This […]

06 May - 08 May

conference

LITEXPO, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania

Cities Mission Conference 2025: Harnessing City Successes

The fourth edition of the Cities Mission Conference 2025 will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-8 May 2025 with the theme “Harnessing City Successes: Advancing Climate Action for 2030”, to spotlight the progress and ambition of Mission Cities and their partners as they strive to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. 

14 May

15-15 Energy Talk with the City of Strasbourg

On May 14th at 2pm join us online to learn more about Strasbourg’s projects to facilitate local deployment of renewable energy!  The Deputy Mayor for […]

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The EUCityCalc learning programme: design your city’s transition pathway

The EUCityCalc learning programme: design your city’s transition pathway

Use your city’s data to compare measures, create scenarios, and make informed policy decisions

Decarbonisation
Climate neutrality
Local governments
Policy measures
Carbon footprint
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

17/03/2025

Would you like to know whether a new policy proposal on public transport will help reduce GHG emissions in your city? Would you need to […]
News
Think you involve your citizens? Think again.

Think you involve your citizens? Think again.

Join us for a one-day reflection and discovery of the many facets of local democracy

Participative governance
Renewables
Local governance
Community energy

11/03/2025

As much as a company benefits from listening to its employees, local government action becomes so much more effective when knowing and involving stakeholders of […]
News
Empathy in Action: A serious game for inclusive Energy Communities

Empathy in Action: A serious game for inclusive Energy Communities

Transforming how we build fair and equitable energy futures

Renewables
Tools & Capacity building
Community energy

11/03/2025

Imagine a city where everyone can benefit from clean energy. Today, we may still be far from that reality, with only a few citizens benefitting […]
Media
Building resilient cities: how to align competitiveness and sustainability in Europe’s energy transition?

Building resilient cities: how to align competitiveness and sustainability in Europe’s energy transition?

Resilience
Community energy

06/03/2025

Advocacy
EU legal framework on public procurement: a barrier to local energy ownership

EU legal framework on public procurement: a barrier to local energy ownership

Joint response to the EU consultation on the evaluation of the EU public procurement directives

Community energy

07/03/2025

European Union regulation should allow municipalities to untap local potential to enable Europe’s energy transition. The ongoing review of the Public Procurement Directives should be […]

Projects All projects

SPARKLE

SPARKLE

Sustainable Planning And Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment
SPARKLE

SPARKLE – Sustainable Planning and Resilience Knowledge Learning Environment is a pioneering programme that will develop the capacities of over 600 Local and Regional Authorities […]

ESPON-TANDEM

ESPON-TANDEM

Territoral Analysis of Decentralised Energy Markets
ESPON-TANDEM

The objective of this European research project is to investigate the conditions and develop policy recommendations for an efficient and inclusive uptake of energy communities, […]

ENERCOM Facility

ENERCOM Facility

The EU Energy Communities Facility
ENERCOM Facility

The EU ECF will be designed to provide direct support to energy communities that are compliant with the definition of “Renewable Energy Community” or “Citizen […]

SSH CENTRE EU

SSH CENTRE EU

Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence
SSH CENTRE EU

SSH CENTRE is a Horizon Europe project representing the cross-European Centre of Research Excellence for Climate-Energy-Mobility Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH). The project will engage […]