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.

Discover our learning offer!

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18 Mar - 19 Mar

From Renewables to Resilience: Building Stronger Communities and Cities

A thriving city is one where community wealth flourishes. For every euro invested in community energy projects, 2 to 8 euros are generated for local […]

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Boosting, connecting, decoding, and celebrating: Energy Cities’ 35th year has truly been a bit of all that.

Boosting, connecting, decoding, and celebrating: Energy Cities’ 35th year has truly been a bit of all that.

This year, Energy Cities turned 35. 35 years of commitment to supporting municipalities of all sizes and locations in going the extra mile towards climate neutrality.

Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

17/12/2025

To give local authorities every possible card in hand, we boost their skills, connect them with peers, decode complex EU regulations to make them understandable and actionable at the local level, and celebrate the
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Inside an Irish Local Energy Community: A new citizen energy journey

Inside an Irish Local Energy Community: A new citizen energy journey

When a citizens’ energy community is driving the transition toward net-zero emissions in partnership with its regional authority

Community energy
Community energy

17/12/2025

In Balbriggan (IE), a town located 35 kilometres north of Dublin City, a Local Energy Community (LEC) is beginning a new chapter in citizen-led climate action. Working with and for residents, this initiative aims to reshape how energy is produced, used, and shared at the community level.
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“One-planet city”, European Green Capital and Energy Cities’ forum host: Guimaraes, will continue to inspire us in 2026

“One-planet city”, European Green Capital and Energy Cities’ forum host: Guimaraes, will continue to inspire us in 2026

A global vision and a collective action

Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

11/12/2025

Sustainability lies at the core of Guimarães' identity.
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Cities’ involvement in the EU’s Agenda for Cities should not be optional

Cities’ involvement in the EU’s Agenda for Cities should not be optional

The Agenda sets the direction forward but leaves it up to Member States to involve cities – here’s how to improve it.

Urban planning & Vision
European policies
Climate neutrality
Local governments
Climate adaptation
Local governance
Fossil-free cities
Community energy
Food systems
Fair economies

04/12/2025

A new policy Agenda for cities has been published by the European Commission, but without mandatory regional chapters and territorial approach in the next EU budget it will remain a dead letter.
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Social business models to address local energy poverty: six cities tell their story.

Social business models to address local energy poverty: six cities tell their story.

How each place found its pace

Participative governance
Renewables
Community energy
Fair economies

02/12/2025

Imagine six places that set out to build their own social energy players – or at least a mindset for more collective and fair energy. […]

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SHINE

SHINE

Enabling Energy Communities to SHINE across Europe
SHINE

Objectives of the project SHINE brings together the strengths, resources & innovations of four previous LIFE ENERCOM projects to accelerate the energy community movement across Europe.SHINE […]

E2-CUTIES

E2-CUTIES

Engaged Energy Communities in Urban areas with Technology Integrated Energy Systems
E2-CUTIES

The overall objective of the E2-CUTIES project Achieving the EU’s decarbonisation ambitions requires a transition to a distributed energy system with the participation of citizens. […]

ACCU

ACCU

ACcelerate energy CommUnities via local solar energy storage and heat
ACCU

Achieving EU’s decarbonisation ambitions requires a transition to a distributed energy system with participation of citizens. Local energy communities (LECs) are an effective means of […]

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 […]