Publications

Since 2018, Papillon has helped families in energy poverty across Flanders rent efficient appliances instead of buying them. A new Citizen Energy Advisory Hub report looks at how SAAMO and BOSCH made it work, and where it could scale next.

Since 2021, Brupower has operated as an energy cooperative producing and sharing renewable electricity in Brussels. A new Citizen Energy Advisory Hub report looks at how citizens, municipalities and SMEs built it together.

Watch this session of the Homegrown Energy Webinar Series to learn how to set up and manage viable energy communities, from designing a business model to real-life examples of Renewable Energy Communities already in operation across Europe.

88% of EU citizens support more renewables, but local acceptance of individual projects is a different story. The European Commission's new toolbox aims to close that gap.

Following the European Commission's Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in energy, Horizon Europe is funding a wide range of projects to modernise Europe's power system, from smarter grids to more efficient data centres.

Homeowners often give up on renovation because it feels too complex. The EU Peers project has a plan to change that, and it starts with One Stop Shops.

Renovating public buildings often gets stuck in red tape and funding gaps. The CROSS project shows how a single, coordinated One Stop Shop can move things from ambition to action.

The PROSPECT CUBE project has released a Learning Handbook on Energy Agencies, offering practical guidance for local and regional authorities on how to create, strengthen and fund these key delivery vehicles for the energy transition.

The Green City Accord, launched by the EU in 2020, unites European mayors committed to cleaner, healthier cities. Signatories pledge to implement EU environmental law and the Green Deal, report progress, and drive local action for a greener future.