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We have gathered a collection of over 100 resources to help you move forward with your community energy project at any development stage. Make the most out of them by filtering them by keyword, area or activity. Or explore our selection for each development stage.

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A core group of people starts shaping an idea and vision of a project
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Preparation

A core group of people prepares the community energy project
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Implementation

A community energy project is formally launched and becomes a reality
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An operational energy community maintains and may improve its activities

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Europe

Community energy: A practical guide to reclaiming power

Your interactive go-to guide, packed with instructions, practical tips and resources, to build a local, community-led renewable energy revolution in Europe.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Municipality
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
Europe

LIFE LOOP stakeholder mapping & engagement plans

The LIFE LOOP stakeholder mapping & engagement plans are part of the SHINE approved tools.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Community
  • Municipality
  • Staff & organisation
Europe

CEES Energy Solidarity Toolkit

A toolkit packed with information on how energy communities can build solidarity measures into their core activities. It includes tips and insights from energy communities already tacking energy poverty.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
Wind turbine
Europe

SCCALE 20 30 50 financing guide for energy communities

This guide provides a very first introduction to community energy financing. To make it easy to read and hands-on, it includes 14 practical and recent financing stories of European energy communities.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Financial
Europe

Guidelines on community-led heating and cooling

These guidelines offer a non-exhaustive introduction into the world of community-led heating and cooling, including explanations of what it is and how it works, and giving advice on how to replicate successful examples.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
Europe

SCCALE 20 30 50 methodology guide

A guide to support starting energy communities and help them get through the very first stages of community development. It clearly identifies the key steps starters have to reach in order to mature their business.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
Europe

Match-making tool

A tool that helps energy communities and asset owners to come together in order to create new clean energy projects.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Municipality
  • Political & legal
  • Technical
We the Power poster
Europe

We the Power | The Future of Energy is Community-Owned

An inspiring movie about the citizen-led community energy movement in Europe.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Community
Europe

Community energy communications at the local level

A community energy communication guide with tips, tricks and best practices to promote the community energy movement.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Municipality
FLEXCoop report cover image
Europe

Flexibility services for energy cooperatives – An overview of possible flexibility-based services using residential equipment control

An overview of “flexibility” services for residential consumer illustrated with real experiences of two cooperative actors.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Technical

Best practice guide for Southeast Europe [English]

A guide that showcases good practices of energy communities in the Balkan region to inspire other citizens to launch their own citizen energy communities.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
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

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