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“Housing, health, energy provisions: We need to connect a little bit more those things.”

“Housing, health, energy provisions: We need to connect a little bit more those things.”

Interview with Dr. Lucie Middlemiss and Beverley Searle, University of Leeds

04/12/2024

Since the energy crisis started a few years ago, we hear more often about energy or fuel poverty. But how often do we talk about the concrete challenges and also the coping strategies of the people affected by it? And what does it mean for people’s health when they live in very cold or very hot homes?
Advocacy
Powering communities: principles for a fair, sustainable Citizens’ Energy Package

Powering communities: principles for a fair, sustainable Citizens’ Energy Package

How to broaden participation and inclusion in the energy transition?

02/12/2024

Community energy projects are essential for driving a fair and just energy transition, offering a concrete way for citizens, communities, and SMEs to actively participate […]
News
Building energy communities in one of Italy’s most vulnerable regions

Building energy communities in one of Italy’s most vulnerable regions

Insights from Felipe Barocco, Modena Energy and Sustainability Agency

28/11/2024

In Campania, Italy, 200 households in social housing will soon have the opportunity to get their homes warm (or cool) and comfortable thanks to affordable renewable energy.
Interviews
Islanders against all odds: Community energy strategies in a small paradise in Croatia

Islanders against all odds: Community energy strategies in a small paradise in Croatia

Interview with Franjo Toić, public official at Cres municipality & Ugo Toić, Director of the public Island Development Agency OTRA

03/09/2024

Ugo and Franjo are working on building the first community-owned ground-mounted PV installation on the island. But as the Croatian law still makes it very difficult to register and run an energy community, they do so through an energy cooperative that has this special feature of including two municipalities as members. This is quite unique in Croatia and uncommon in the EU.
Interviews
“Degrowth is a pretty loaded term on its own”

“Degrowth is a pretty loaded term on its own”

Interview with Chris Giotitsas, Peer to Peer Lab and CommonEn energy community

22/07/2024

And still, community leaders keep on fighting for it as a means to bring environmental and social sustainability – ultimately also as a means to turn the blurry degrowth concept into something very concrete.
News
Walking on sunshine 🎶

Walking on sunshine 🎶

Local renewable energy stories harvested at Energy Cities’ Annual Forum

09/07/2024

What better place than sun-filled Valencia, to talk about community-driven renewable projects! What better group of people, than the hundreds of city-makers that gathered in this dynamic Spanish city for Energy Cities’ Annual Forum End of June.
News
It’s all in one spot: One-stop-shops

It’s all in one spot: One-stop-shops

Go-to places for energy community advice

14/06/2024

Citizens and businesses may have the motivation to reduce their energy bill or to produce their own electricity. Often enough, though, they don't know where to start, where to funding, which technologies to use. The first and best step is to meet an impartial expert who can guide and advice. The people working at Urban Innovation Vienna, the climate and innovation agency of the Austrian capital, recently shared their experience of setting up and running their "One Stop Shop".
Interviews
Inside an emerging heat community

Inside an emerging heat community

Interview with Olaf Heinen, 50 Tinten Groen Assendorp

06/06/2024

This is the story of humans who find common ground in the heat transition. It’s a wonderful example and it gives hope in times where […]
Interviews
Inclusive power: Changing how we think about cities and energy access

16/05/2024

Some say the energy transition is a great opportunity to create a more equal society. Others are more pessimistic and predict that the transition will […]
Advocacy
Driving the transition: Community Power in National Energy and Climate Plans

Driving the transition: Community Power in National Energy and Climate Plans

Who is the front runner? Who is lagging behind? Find out in this new briefing!

17/04/2024

The European Community Power Coalition has undertaken the effort to assess the (draft) revised National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), which are comprehensive strategies for Member States to contribute to the EU’s Climate ambition.

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FEEL

FEEL

Frugal cities through Energy Efficiency and Low-tech communities
FEEL

How can you do more with less? European public authorities have to meet increasing demands, but with less money. Thinking bigger, the problem is also […]

Energy Communities Repository

Launched by the European Commission, the Energy Communities Repository aims to support and monitor energy communities’ activities across Europe, within the framework of a just […]

LocalRES

LocalRES

Empowering local renewable energy communities for the decarbonisation of the energy systems
LocalRES

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

SCCALE 20-30-50

Sustainable Collective Citizen Action for a Local Europe
SCCALE  20-30-50

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, […]