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Energy communities

Energy communities empower citizens through their active engagement in the energy sector. Citizens can generate their own energy, participate in local energy production and make informed consumption decisions.

In the spotlight

Discover how you can support energy communities in your region. Our experts have hand-picked the most relevant content for you on the topic so you can dive right in. 

Policy brief

Empowering Citizens for Energy Communities

In this policy brief, you will discover how regional authorities can support the emergence of energy communities with a set of good practices and guidance drawn from the Interreg Europe community.
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Increasing the social acceptance of wind energy

Explore several examples of how European regions build social acceptance of the use of wind technologies. Explore various solutions for bringing people on board.
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Policy brief
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Tackling energy poverty with low-carbon interventions

In this policy brief, you will explore approaches as to how your region can tackle energy poverty with low-carbon interventions with examples from Interreg Europe good practices.
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Webinar

Webinar recording: Jobs and skills for the energy transition

Discover how regions can support the emergence of new jobs and skills to make the energy transition a success in this webinar recording, that took place on 29 April 2021. You'll discover good practices and policy recommendations.
Peer review

Supporting the development of Renewable Energy Communities

Read about recommendations made by peers from across the EU on the topic of developing and implementing Renewable Energy Communities
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Webinar

Renewable energy financing for the public sector

Watch the recording and access the key learnings of the webinar on renewable energy financing for the public sector that took place on 28 April 2022.

Policy briefs on fostering renewable energy

Explore more of our policy briefs on the topic of renewable energy, ranging from skills to support the transition to decarbonising heating and cooling systems. 

Policy brief

Fostering skills for the energy transition

We need to foster skills for the energy transition at local and regional levels to encourage clean technologies and energy-efficient applications to reach the European Union's climate targets.
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Policy brief

Energy self-consumption

Self-consumption of renewable energy can provide financial, environmental, and security benefits for households, businesses, grid operators, and society at large. Explore more in this policy brief.
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Policy brief
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Decarbonising of heating and cooling

This policy brief explores the use of renewable energy for heating in Europe, EU legislation and support as well as good practices from Interreg Europe projects such as POTEnt, CLEAN, APPROVE
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Stories and editorials on energy policies

Explore Interreg Europe project's good practices in our stories and the expert's opinion in our editorial.

Story
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Policies for boosting decentralised energy and self-consumption

Explore how the transition to a low-carbon economy will rely not on decarbonising centralised energy generation, but on the decentralised distribution of renewable energy technologies.
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VIOLET adapts regional policies for heritage buildings

Take a look at how the VIOLET project has inspired changes around Europe when it comes to policies for energy performance in heritage buildings.
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News

Skills for the energy transition

Europe’s ambitious targets for sustainable energy set the pathway for significant economic growth in the sector with job creation along the value chain from manufacturing to installation and
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A message from our expert

Are you looking for input on how you can support renewable energy communities in your region?

Contact us and we can provide you with inspiration and contacts. 

Contact us

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Energy communities are powerful enablers of the energy transition on the ground: citizen participation creates local acceptance for renewable energy projects and allows for energy democracy, it unlocks private capital, creates and retains economic value in the region and has the potential to lower energy costs. Regional and local authorities have so many reasons to support them.

Katharina Krell

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Belgium
Thematic Expert for a Greener and better Connected Europe

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