Energy democracy
These are exciting times for local energy ownership. Breaking with precedent, cities, citizens and local entrepreneurs prove (often jointly) that they can be socially responsible energy producers and distributors. That is why Energy Cities defend and spread remunicipalisation strategies and help energy communities emerge Europe-wide.
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All against energy poverty!
A look back at the "Right to energy" forum
EU Parliamentary elections
Will the "Green wave" set a course to a sustainable future?
Policy brief: “Duty of care”
A government’s inaction against climate change is, as a matter of fact, a criminal offence.
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Munich’s multi-stakeholder alliance
Engaging citizens for energy-efficiency
Citizens’ Solar Power Plant
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Democratic transition factory
Involving citizens in Europe's energy transition
In this study, we identified cities with pioneering participatory initiatives. The objective is to highlight innovative practices to understand the evolution of the role of cities and the modifications of the dynamics between players. Similarly, we seek to understand what implications these new practices have for energy transition policies and what lessons can be learned from them.
Local governance from A to Z
Positive glossary of the energy transition
Discover the multiple facets of a collaborative city from A-Z !
Energy transition is the wide and unlimited! What it is proposing however is a change of perspective.
As the energy landscape is undergoing radical change, from a once hierarchical and monopolistic system to a more distributed and decentralised one, so too should the decision-making architecture.
The Energy Transition Chronicles
Storytellings of five cities in Europe
The serie of “Chronicles of the Energy Transition” case studies was produced to go further in supporting local authorities and to describe successful energy transition processes.
Because it is important to show that energy transition is “possible”. Why, how, with whom, for what results? We interviewed local players and decision-makers to find out more.
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mPOWER
Municipal action, public engagement: routes to local energy ownership
When it comes to managing the energy transition the need for municipally-owned energy has never been clearer. In recent years we have seen some successes of local energy ownership. However, the sharing of these experiences has been limited, and they have tended to remain local and specific.
