Publications

The StartSun project has published a practical handbook and a feasibility calculator to help people, businesses and municipalities create or join energy communities.

The European Committee of the Regions’ annual report on the state of regions and cities shows how Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and democracy depend on strong regions and cities, and the pressures they face today.

A new European Environment Agency report explores what will shape Europe’s competitiveness up to 2040 and identifies six “no-regret” options to help the EU stay prosperous and resilient in an uncertain world.

A new assessment of 15 draft National Building Renovation Plans finds that ambition is in place, but delivery is not yet organised. The good news: the solutions already exist across the plans.

A new E3G briefing argues that Europe's industrial renewal depends on local and regional authorities, which hold five key levers for delivery, from mobilising investment to building innovation ecosystems.

A new EEA report finds clean energy technologies created hundreds of thousands of jobs across the EU in 2023, led by wind, solar PV, heat pumps and batteries, though skill shortages and inclusion gaps risk slowing further growth.

The Smart Cities Marketplace has published a new guide on smart CO2 reduction solutions, offering city practitioners practical advice, real examples and curated resources across governance, finance, regulation and technology.

The ECOEMPOWER Whitebook documents three years of work supporting Renewable Energy Communities across five European countries. It combines policy recommendations with interviews from volunteers, local authorities and community members involved in each pilot project.

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.