Publications

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.

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.