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Baden Württemberg set on achieving its heating and cooling decarbonisation
In European cities, most of our energy consumption is used for heating and cooling. If cities want to reach their target of climate neutrality by 2050, they need to start planning how to phase out fossil fuels from heating and cooling now
… And this is what the German region of Baden-Württemberg is determined to do! The Länder recently required all its cities of more than 20 […]
Climate district Waldsee
A pilot district-approach to climate protection in Freiburg
Our German member Freiburg recently launched a pilot project to involve the inhabitants, schools and organisations of the district of Waldsee in the fight against […]
Collective self-consumption to fight energy poverty
A success story from Italy
The Italian municipality of Scandiano (25,663 inhabitants) will soon host the first collective self-consumption community in the Emilia Romagna Region. Launched and coordinated by the […]
European City Facility opens second call with even more resources for cities
Get financial and technical support for your local sustainable energy investment plans!
After the huge enthusiasm created by the 1st call for projects, that received over 250 applications, the European City Facility (EUCF), led by Energy Cities, […]
The infinite energy …of people
Policy op-ed by Claire Roumet
No, I am not going to write about this fateful anniversary, this cursed year (or not), nothing, not a word about the pandemic. This newsletter […]
Helsinki Energy Challenge outcomes: an artificial island, salt and a HIVE will help decarbonise heating
Key lessons include involving citizens, market forces and combining existing technology with local resources
The city of Helsinki organised an international projects competition to find future-proof solutions to heat the city and meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral […]
The heated debate on hydrogen in our cities
Hydrogen is often presented as a quick fix to get rid of fossil fuels from heating and cooling in cities. But is it really?
In last week’s Decarb City Pipes 2050 webinar, Lisa Fischer, Programme Leader atE3G discussed with cities the role that hydrogen can play in the decarbonisation […]
Almada keeps track of its 2050 climate targets
City spotlight during the Portuguese EU Presidency
The Portuguese city, which is looked after by its giant Cristo Rei statue, has one big target in mind since the COP15 in Paris: to […]
Balkans citizens going solar
Spotlight on citizen energy in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Western Balkans are a wonderful patchwork of cultures and the countries in the zone do each have their specific socio-economic context. While countries like […]
Higher efficiency + more renewables = lower emissions
Consultations on the European Commission’s Renewable and Efficiency Directives show the complexity behind a simple formula
The Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) need to become more ambitious if the EU is to achieve its objective to […]
Learning Municipality Networks
A holistic approach for low-carbon municipalities
To meet the EU’s ambition to become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union and the Members States will need to rely on cities and […]
Who are Energy Cities’ #CommunityPower champions?
An overview of our members’ community energy projects
In the last few years, we have been talking a lot about community energy. Energy Cities is part of the Community Power coalition, an advocacy […]
