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Hand pointing an urban plan
Europe

How cities can back renewable energy communities [Polish]

A guide that showcases how cities are testing multiple ways to initiate, support and facilitate community energy projects and identifies existing models of cooperation to inspire and provide guidance for local and regional policy makers willing to team up with their citizens.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
Hand pointing an urban plan
Europe

How cities can back renewable energy communities [Dutch]

A guide that showcases how cities are testing multiple ways to initiate, support and facilitate community energy projects and identifies existing models of cooperation to inspire and provide guidance for local and regional policy makers willing to team up with their citizens.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
Hand pointing an urban plan
Europe

How cities can back renewable energy communities [Czech]

A guide that showcases how cities are testing multiple ways to initiate, support and facilitate community energy projects and identifies existing models of cooperation to inspire and provide guidance for local and regional policy makers willing to team up with their citizens.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
Hand pointing an urban plan
Europe

How cities can back renewable energy communities [French]

A guide that showcases how cities are testing multiple ways to initiate, support and facilitate community energy projects and identifies existing models of cooperation to inspire and provide guidance for local and regional policy makers willing to team up with their citizens.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
Group of people discusses a budget
Europe

Report on REScoop business models

This report assesses and compares existing models of energy cooperatives to provide proven organisational schemes to develop citizen-based projects in the field of renewable energy.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Financial
People working on a business model
Europe

Business model canvas

The business model canvas is a tool to help community energy projects develop their business model following nine building blocks.

  • Inspiration
  • Implementation
  • Financial
Energy Management System
Europe

Crash course 8: Energy Management Systems for energy communities

This crash course elaborates on the technological core of a community-based virtual power plant: the smart Energy Management System (EMS). It offers information about the technological architecture of EMS’s and tips on how to successfully implement an EMS.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Technical
Europe

Powerfund

An online tool that presents the concept of collective finance, or crowdfunding, for projects that aim to tackle energy poverty.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • 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
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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