Renewables
Cities and regions are on the 100% renewables road. New technologies, new players, new governance and business models. We are witnessing a revolution. With locally-sourced renewable energy bringing numerous socio-economic benefits, Energy Cities' members are progressively shifting their energy mixes towards more renewables. The network is monitoring the advances in renewable policies at the EU, national and sub-national levels.
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50 shades of (grey and blue and green) hydrogen
Puzzled by all the colours & jargon? This article is for you
Powering heritage buildings and districts with solar panels
Berlin’s Reichstag and the Vatican show that heritage is not a barrier to well-designed solar panels
Renovation Wave will have a big impact on cities
Mandatory renovations for city-owned buildings and numerous lobbying wins makes for ambitious proposal
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Innovative energy solutions for subsidized housing
A developpers competition for energy efficient timber buildings
Crowd investing for solar roofs in Križevci
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Investment needs for the local energy transition
The case of five european cities: Ghent, Frederikshavn, Bordeaux-Métropole, Sevilla and Tallinn
This publication is relying on five examples of European cities,that are frontrunners in the local energy transition and which have put a number on their investment needs by 2050 in order to succeed in their transition. Through our case studies of the cities Ghent, Frederikshavn, Bordeaux-Métropole, Sevilla and Tallinn, all signatories of the Covenant of Mayors-Europe initiative, we have identified the local investment needs for the energy transition in different geographical, socio-economic and sectorial circumstances.
How cities can back renewable energy communities
Guidelines for local and regional policy makers
Community energy can encompass a number of different aspects and activities. Attempts to define the concept have been made. by various organisations, which defines it as “the economic and operational participation and/or ownership by citizens or members of a defined community in a renewable energy project.”.
Unleashing the power of community renewable energy
How the EU legislation can help to remove barriers to community and citizen renewable energy?
Community energy production in Europe has huge potential. A recent study found that half of EU citizens – including local communities, schools and hospitals – could be producing their own renewable electricity by 2050, meeting 45% of their energy demand.1 Now, building on new EU community and citizen energy rights, the potential must be fully unleashed, to put Europe on the path to the needed energy transformation.
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Renewable energy partnerships
Renewable community energy engagement
At present, many local governments in Europe are eager to support their citizens in getting renewable energy projects off the ground or in taking a […]
Renewables Networking Platform
Cities and regions on the 100% renewables road
If we want to increase the number of renewable projects in Europe, we need to set up the right policy frameworks and to connect the right actors (policy-makers, citizens, companies, NGOs…) with each other. This is, what the Renewable Networking Platform project aims at, while monitoring the advances in renewable policies both at national and sub-national levels.
PROSPECT
Peer-powered cities and regions
The overall aim of PROSPECT is to enable peer-to-peer learning in regional and local authorities in order to finance and implement their sustainable energy plans.
