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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Mannheim – where citizens are empowered to experiment and innovate
About methods and spaces for social innovation
Breaking the poverty cycle
Ingredients for a local strategy against energy poverty
“It can feel to people like everything is against them.”
Interview with Prof. Dr. Lucie Middlemiss about energy poor and why they should be involved in policy-making
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Prague’s first steps in energy community matters
Interview with Miloslav Franek (City of Prague) and Tereza Mc Laughlin Vanova (Local Energy Managers' Association)
How ready are the Czech Republic and its residents for this new type of energy generation? In this conversation,Tereza and Miloslav lead us through the complexity of decentralized and citizen-driven energy in Czech Republic.
Community energy from scratch
Voices from the ECF collaboration lab
2020 was a tough year and never before has the need for local resilience and solidarity been stronger. One extraordinary means for increasing solidarity while […]
It’s all in the mix…of consumers.
Claudia Carani (AESS) and Sara Capuzzo (enostra)
We have interviewed two amazing women and we have talked with them about the right political triggers for renewables in Italy, about the place of […]
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Crowd investing for solar roofs in Križevci
Publications View all Publications
From Ideas to Action: Supporting municipalities, schools and national governments in the transition to climate neutrality
BEACON Final Report
Examples of successful local climate change mitigation measures can be found all across Europe. Municipalities, local communities, and younger generations are shaping the path towards […]
Local PACTs
How municipalities create their own COP21
Local green deals vs local COPs: this could be the teaser of this publication… However, this would be too narrow for the purposes of this […]
Climate Change Challenge
A Comic Book by EUKI Project BEACON
With this book the BEACON team seeks to convey the spirit of European collaboration and exchange on climate change to a wider audience of school […]
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LocalRES
Empowering local renewable energy communities for the decarbonisation of the energy systems
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 […]
SCCALE 20-30-50
Sustainable Collective Citizen Action for a Local Europe
Sustainable Collective Citizen Action for a Local Europe (SCCALE) 20-30-50 intends to bring Europe closer to its citizens by fostering the creation of energy communities, […]
WELLBASED
Exiting energy poverty and related health problems: European pilots take action
While 10% of European citizens suffer from energy poverty and policy solutions remain scarce, six cities around Europe have decided to design urban programmes that may serve as blueprint for others.
