LocalRES
Empowering local renewable energy communities for the decarbonisation of the energy systems
About
Funding program
Horizon 2020 - European Commission's Research and Innovation funding Program
Duration
2021 - 2024
Coordinator
Partners
Austrian Institute of Technology, ARTELYS, Centrica Business Solutions Belgium N.V. , FLEXENS OY AB , RINA Consulting S.p.A. , DOWEL Management , Energy Cities, Accademia Europea di Bolzano – EURAC, Cork Institute of Technology, Technical Research Centre of Finland , Kökar Kommun , R2M Solution S.r.l. , Comune di Berchidda , E.Z.E. Barrizar Koop , Ispasterko Udala , Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation , Sistemes Avançats d’Energia Solar Termica Sccl - AIGUASOL, Universität Passau , LAB10 Collective eG , Ollersdorf MunicipalityWebsite
LocalRES project will deploy innovative local energy systems driven by renewable energy communities for a fair energy transformation that puts renewable energy into the hands of communities and people.
LocalRES will deliver new digital tools that will boost the expected structural change in the current energy system at different levels:
- Generation – increasing the number of small power producers of renewable energy;
- Market – creating local energy markets that enable prosumers to trade energy volumes of their choosing within local communities
- Distribution – establishing a multidirectional energy flow and promoting REC driven energy services
- Consumers – empowering consumers to be active and participating in the energy system and the design of their own Renewable Energy Communities.
The focus is on the renewable energy communities as main actors for leading the structural change towards the decarbonisation of local energy systems.
Energy Cities’ role
Energy Cities is involved in the replication and policy activities, and coordinates the communication and dissemination of the project.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under the Grant Agreement no. 957819.
