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Europe

Innovative financing model for energy efficiency: Ecopower

Case study report of Ecopower, a Belgian renewable energy sources cooperative with 66,000 members. Ecopower invests in renewable energy production installations such as wind turbines and solar PV and supplies green energy from local sources to its members.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Community
  • Financial
Rooftops with Solar Panels
Europe

Innovative financing model for energy efficiency: Brixton Energy Coop

Case study report of Brixton Energy, a not-for-profit cooperative initiative that produces renewable energy through solar PV panels in the South London area of Brixton.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Community
  • Financial
Europe

Good practice portfolio

This report categorises and characterises 21 good practices, providing detailed descriptions and analyses of their activities, purposes, and benefits.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Community
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
Belgium

Hedgerow biomass calculator

This online tool is a resource for those who are currently considering investing in a wood combustion plant to replace a fossil-fired plant and want to know how profitable it is.

  • Preparation
  • Financial
Europe

WISE Power report – Fostering social acceptance for wind power

An insight into the social acceptance of wind projects and how innovative financing models best contribute to enhancing social acceptance.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
Europe

Financing schemes for solar PV projects

A short document outlining the features of different financing schemes for PV projects: private equity, leasing, crowdfunding, energy cooperatives, project finance, loans and bonds.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Financial
Europe

COMPILE Toolkit: Stakeholder Engagement Guide

A guide focusing on the tools and techniques to structure the core group of an energy community project and raise support in the local community.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Staff & organisation
Europe

COMPILE Toolkit: Financing Guide

This guide offers an overview of models that energy communities may consider to finance their activities and projects and presents the relationship between ownership and financing.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Financial
Neighbourhood battery
Europe

Buurtbatterij: A neighbourhood battery and its impact on the energy transition

An analysis of the impact of a neighbourhood battery located in Haarlemmermeer, in the Netherlands.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Financial
  • Technical
Europe

Renewable Microgrids: Profiles from islands and remote communities across the globe

The pathways pursued by islands and remote communities to develop renewable microgrids provide examples of how communities might embark on a similar transition.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Technical
Greece

Recommendations to create an energy community

Guide that helps understand the steps to create an energy community in Greece, with a focus on key legal and administrative procedures.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Community
  • Political & legal

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