Stories

Across Europe, Energy Agencies are helping citizens, SMEs, and local authorities come together to form energy communities. Through integrated services such as One-Stop Shops, they simplify complexity, provide trusted guidance, and enable collective action.

Across Europe, energy agencies are evolving into energy and climate agencies, expanding their mandate to address not only decarbonisation but also climate resilience and preparedness. This transformation is reshaping their role—from technical advisors to systemic actors.

Vienna is building the heating system of the future, one that is climate-neutral, socially fair, and resilient by design. With its Heating Plan 2040, the capital shows how integrated planning can turn long-term climate ambition into a concrete, people-centred transition that prepares for the future.

Innovation is at the heart of AREC Occitanie’s approach — combining public legitimacy with investment agility to deliver tailor-made solutions that boost the regional competitiveness while accelerating the energy transition and decarbonisation of industry.

The Basque Country boosts neighbourhood regeneration through Opengela, combining housing renovation, energy efficiency, and citizen support under the BIRTUOSS project.

Energy agencies are driving Europe’s energy transition with tailored, community-focused solutions. Discover how AURA-EE, TEA, and EVE empower citizens, foster innovation, and deliver impactful renewable energy projects that transform local communities.

The Ústí region’s 352 municipalities can now access ECUK's Regional Energy Management tool, aligning with EN ISO 50001 standards for sustainable energy management.

AGIRE leads HYMANTOVALLEY, an EU-backed project to decarbonize Italy’s Po Valley through a green hydrogen ecosystem.

Climate & Me, is an international roll-up exhibition created in 2022, illustrating climate change causes, impacts, and actionable steps for personal climate protection and adaptation.

The Energy Agency KSSENA has joined Slovenia’s National Programme of Contact Points for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Explore how Slovenia is advancing toward a greener future!

Once limited to industry, ISO 50001 is now driving municipal sustainability, thanks to the Horizon 2020-backed Compete4SECAP project.

The Mazovia Energy Agency launched the Wawer Virtual Power Plant in Warsaw’s Wawer District, uniting public and private renewable sources to optimise energy use and drive sustainability.

Sweden’s Överkalix municipality is pioneering frugality in energy planning, focusing on sufficiency and community collaboration to drive its journey toward climate neutrality.

The Örebro Energy Agency's Fossilfritt 2030 – Rena resan project is transforming transportation habits by promoting sustainable travel alternatives, such as cargo bikes, to encourage lasting behavioral changes among participants.

An initiative by IRE is effectively supporting eight municipalities and one province in the Liguria Region during the post-ELENA phase, ensuring that all awarded contracts and projects stay on course.

For ESIN members, retaining young islanders hinges on creating green jobs and upskilling through the Clean Energy Transition, but this requires education tailored to their unique needs.

POWERYOUTH, led by SingularLogic and AdEPorto in Asprela, Portugal, empowers young people aged 15-30 to take an active role in the energy transition, focusing on building energy communities.

The YENESIS project, co-funded by the EEA and Norway Grants, unites 10 partners from 8 countries to tackle youth unemployment through green jobs from 2018 to 2024—discover more about this exciting Portuguese initiative!

In January 2023, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Energie Environnement, alongside three national organisations, received a grant to support sustainable and inclusive mobility projects across France.