Energy communities

Renewable Energy Communities or Citizens Energy Communities (CECs), often referred to as RESCoops, are voluntary and open groups of neighbouring individuals cooperating with, as primary purpose, to provide environmental, economic or social community benefits to its members rather than generate financial profits.

Publications

Feb 2024

Building renovation Consumers and behavioural change Energy communities Heating and cooling

Closing the H2020 NUDGE project in a final report outlining how we succeeded to explore the efficacy of behavioural nudges for energy efficiency

Nov 2023

Energy communities Capacity building Implementing energy and climate measures at local level

Report and factsheet - Drivers and barriers of public engagement in energy infrastructure

May 2023

Consumers and behavioural change Energy communities Efficient and resilient energy system Heating and cooling

A tour in the Northern Italian mountains, to learn more about sustainable biomass use

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Apr 2023

Consumers and behavioural change Energy communities Energy poverty Renewables

The missing tool in tackling energy poverty: empowering renewable energy communities in the energy crisis mitigation

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Renewable energy communities

Feb 2023

Consumers and behavioural change Energy communities Renewables

Briefing - Towards energy aware behaviours: how studies on young generations can inform better policy design

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Jan 2023

Energy communities Heating and cooling Renewables

Briefing - More women in renewables and energy communities: safeguarding an enabling policy framework

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Nov 2021

Energy communities Energy efficiency business models

A Business Model Fast Track on Energy Communities—Key Lessons Learned from H2020 EU Projects

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Tools

Guidance

Engage4Energy interactive tool

Based on year-long research, including methodologies on literature review, the assessment of 98 cases, interviews with experienced professionals and exchanges with experts, RG...

Self-assessment tool

Self-assessment tool - Supporting the development of cooperative/community bioen...

Earlier studies realised by BECoop, a project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, showed that the knowledge and acceptance of biofuel varies from region to region in...

Toolkit

(Bio)energy communities toolkit

Developed by CIRCE – Centro Tecnológico, this online repository gathers in a single place existing open-source tools useful for the energy communities and bioenergy sectors...

E-market

e-Market Environment - (Bio)energy communities

The tool aims to develop community bioenergy projects (connecting multiple biomass providers, organise billing, etc.) and defining the required services and activities for sup...

Energy communities

Publications

Closing the H2020 NUDGE project in a final report outlining how we succeeded to explore the efficacy of behavioural nudges for energy efficiency

Report and factsheet - Drivers and barriers of public engagement in energy infrastructure

A tour in the Northern Italian mountains, to learn more about sustainable biomass use

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The missing tool in tackling energy poverty: empowering renewable energy communities in the energy crisis mitigation

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Briefing - Towards energy aware behaviours: how studies on young generations can inform better policy design

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Briefing - More women in renewables and energy communities: safeguarding an enabling policy framework

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A Business Model Fast Track on Energy Communities—Key Lessons Learned from H2020 EU Projects

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Tools

Engage4Energy interactive tool

Engage4Energy interactive tool

Self-assessment tool - Supporting the development of cooperative/community bioen...

Self-assessment tool - Supporting the development of cooperative/community bioenergy projects

(Bio)energy communities toolkit

(Bio)energy communities toolkit

e-Market Environment - (Bio)energy communities

e-Market Environment - (Bio)energy communities

Knowledge exchange platform - (Bio)energy communities

Knowledge exchange platform - (Bio)energy communities

Related Projects

NUDGE Nudging consumers towards energy efficiency through behavioural science

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Odyssee-Mure FIT-FOR-55 A decision-support tool for energy efficiency policy evaluation

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BECoop Unlocking the community energy potential to support the market uptake of bioenergy heating technologies

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News

Interview with Sofia-Natalia Boemi

Turning the Tide: Achieving Europe’s Energy & Climate Goals Through Local Action - Experiences...

Transport – untapped potential or too difficult to handle?

Accelerating the replacement of old, inefficient electric motors in industry and the service sector:...

Press release - ASSERT project sets the stage for transformative action on energy poverty

Senior expert – techniek/industrie/economie, kortlopend contract – The Netherlands

New report by ENTRACK investigates Perceptions, Needs, and Priorities of Citizens Concerning the Ene...

Matching existing tools and resources with needs and gaps on Art.8 EED

IEECP new projects kick off - tackling energy poverty, energy transition plans and more

Unlocking the power of Smart Energy: seven projects came together to showcase efficient, flexible an...

The ENPOR split incentive tool

Press Release: ENPOR successfully concludes, leaving a lasting impact on tackling energy poverty in ...

Introducing the IN-PLAN Practice – A New Support Structure for Sustainable Energy, Climate, and Sp...

Multilevel governance in the EU energy and climate policy: NECPlatform project releases a policy bri...

Stakeholder Matrix and Pathways of Engagement - New report by ENTRACK to guide clean energy policy m...

The IN-PLAN Capacity-Building is back – an opportunity you can’t miss!

Monitoring the progress of Just Transitions – a challenged path to success

EURegionsWeek close to you webinar - From Urban to Rural: The Power of Community-Driven Building Ren...

The ENERGATE project launches a marketplace platform!

Regio1st launches a new Mentoring Program to boost Energy Efficiency in Regional Planning

Navigating the Future: The Intersection of Energy, Climate, and Spatial Planning made clear by IN-PL...

Key Practice Abstracts by OptFor-EU: New factsheets show ways to enhance Forest Management and Stake...

New EU Guidelines on the Energy Efficiency First Principle

HORIS report gathers information on financing, legal and regulatory frameworks, and technical soluti...

Meet the Smart Energy Cluster in Milan at EnLit Europe this October!

Join the MICAT Community: Shape the Future of Multiple Impacts Assessment

Introducing the Regio1st Planning Framework Video Tutorials: Your Guide to Smarter Energy Strategies...

Preparing the ground for an effective SRI – 6 lessons from early test phases

ENTRACK Project’s Taxonomy report of social energy plans, strategies and policies from EU level do...

Threats and challenges for increased forest-based carbon removals in different case studies: an anal...

More than just talk- why citizen participation is crucial for an effective just transition process.

Hints and tips for improving well-being in your home: EmpowerMed's material gets a language boost by...

[RE-WITCH explains] What does “TES” stand for?

Podcast: Enefirst Plus aims to demonstrate realistic efficiency strategies

HouseInc welcomes the new Commissioners-designate – how do housing inequalities and marginalised c...

InEExS launches its series of videos to scale up the adoption of smart technologies and accelerate t...

Statistical learning of residential electricity consumption data

A group of sister projects unite to form a home renovation supergroup and organize peer learning wor...

New policy brief, highlighting the benefits of multilevel governance processes to meet EU and Member...

New report and infographic by OptFor-EU shows the project contribution to a low-carbon and climate-r...

New report from RENOVERTY evaluates energy efficiency measures addressing the needs of energy poor h...

Harnessing Solar Thermal Energy for a Sustainable Future – food for thought

The Role of Municipalities in National Energy and Climate Plans - NECPlatform partner OER at P-TECC ...

What can we learn from existing one-stop shops? A new report by HORIS synthesises the lessons learne...

InEExS presented to over 70 senior sustainable energy experts from 24 EU countries

Housing inequalities and poverty dimensions – What needs to be addressed?

Renewing Rural Homes: Recommendations for Energy Poverty Mitigation (Policy Brief)