AIT - Austrian Institute for Technology

Research and Technology Organisation

The AIT is Austria’s largest Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) and an international point of reference in many research areas. AIT is a strategic key player in the Austrian and European innovation system, as it enables and carries out applied research for the market exploitation of innovative infrastructure-related solutions. The functionality of “bridging the gap" between research and technology commercialisation is a key aspect of developing new technologies and enabling an economic boom, and AIT’s focus. The organisation also fits perfectly into Austria’s innovation landscape thanks to its new orientation, which includes providing a research environment to help key industries facing mid- to long-term challenges.  

Relation to DECIDE

AIT plays a central role in technological research on energy systems and sustainability.

Responsible Contact(s)

office(at)ait.ac.at

#research #innovation

ait.ac.at

Bioenergy Village Jühnde

Cooperative

Bioenergy Dorf Jühnde is Germany’s first bioenergy village to be entirely covered by renewable energy sources. Most members of the cooperative are locals. The village also catalyses other projects in the neighbouring region, whilst investigating further sustainability initiatives, including electric cars and wind power in Jühnde itself.

Relation to DECIDE

Bioenergy Dorf Jühnde is a prime example of an Energy Community, with a local heating network powered by a biogas and a biomass heating systems bringing energy to the households.

Responsible Contact(s)

juehnde.bioenergie@magenta.de

BioenergyVillage.de

Bürger Energie Bodensee

Cooperative

Bürger-Energie Bodensee eG is an energy cooperative committed to achieving a regional, decentralised and renewable energy transition, with the goal to initiate projects for the production of renewable energy. With its own solar park, another solar park participation and active project participation in the Verenafohren wind farm, the cooperative offers a real, democratic opportunity to participate in the energy transition.

Relation to DECIDE

Bürger Energie Bodensee is involved in and has started various projects, such as installations of PVs and windfarms.

Responsible Contact(s)

info(at)buergerenergiebodensee.de

buergerenergiebodensee.de

COME RES

H2020 Project

COME RES - Community Energy for the uptake of renewables in the electricity sector. Connecting long-term visions with short-term actions – is a project under the EU’s Horizon2020 programme, aimed at facilitating the market uptake of renewable energy sources (RES) in the electricity sector. Specifically, the project focusses on advancing renewable energy communities (RECs) as per the EU’s recast Renewable Energy Directive. COME RES takes a multi- and transdisciplinary approach to support the development of RECs in nine European countries; Belgium, Germany, Italy Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

Relation to DECIDE

COME RES directly works on and with Renewable Energy Communities in nine european Countries. The project explores the barriers and drivers for RECs in close exchange with local stakeholders. Good practices will be identified and transfered to to other regions taking local, regional and national specific contexts into account.

Responsible Contact(s)

info@come-res.eu

#energy #communities

come-res.eu

Community Power Coalition

Network

The Community Power Coalition brings together a diverse network of like-minded organisations who share a common goal of promoting the development of citizen and community ownership of energy in the urgent transformation towards a 100% renewable energy system. The Coalition includes associations representing energy cooperatives, networks of cities and local authorities, the renewable energy industry, legal experts and diverse environmental NGOs.

Relation to DECIDE

Lately, the Coalition has been focussing on the correct implementation of EU legislation regarding RED II and IEMD. All members are active in securing an energy transition with the citizens at its core.

Responsible Contact(s)

https://communitypowercoalition.eu/resources/

#renewableenergysystem #communityownership

communitypower.eu

Courant d'air

Cooperative

Courant d'Air is a Belgian social enterprise pursuing projects in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. They currently operate 6 wind turbines and have made its first investments in photovoltaics, whilst setting up their first alternative mobility project with a shared electric car. One of the cooperative’s main concerns is raising awareness among citizens, especially young people, about renewable energy and energy efficiency. It has developed an education programme called Generation Zero Watt to incite future generations to be zero watt.

Relation to DECIDE

Courant d'Air is  an energy cooperative active in East Flanders, and they are part of the larger network  of REScoop Vlanderen.

courantdair.be

ECCO One Stop Shop

Platform

The purpose of the One Stop Shop (OSS) is to have a place where communities can access all relevant information regarding community Community Energy Projects quickly and effortlessly. The OSS connects users through a social media platform, which can be linked to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts. Through this platform one can meet both professionals and individuals with experience in renewable energy and Energy Communities. Users can also browse the forum to share their knowledge and expertise on a range of topics pertinent to Community Energy projects.

Relation to DECIDE

Energy Communities are the main stakeholders targetd in OSS' platform, which is a good source of information on Collective Actions.

#energycommunities #knowledgesharing #socialmedia

ecco-oss.eu

EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

Network

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy Europe was lunched in 2008 and currently brings together thousands of local governments committed to implementing EU climate and energy objectives and to achieve European targets in the three main pillars of action: adaptation, mitigation and energy poverty. The initiative now gathers 9,000+ local and regional authorities across 57 countries, drawing on the strengths of a worldwide multi-stakeholder movement and the technical and methodological support offered by dedicated offices.

Relation to DECIDE

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy Europe focusses on Energy Communities and Collective Actions in its second and third pillar, which are mitigation and energy poverty. The target audience for projects and initiatives started in this framework are local authorities that can be both promoters and facilitators of Renewable Energy Communities and Collective Actions that might be interested in leveraging local initiatives in order to reach their climate goals.

#adaptation #mitigation #energypoverty #climate #cities

EU CoM

EWS Elektrizitätswerke Schönau eG

Cooperative

EWS Elektrizitätswerke Schönau eG is a multi-utility cooperative. In the late 1990s it was the first of its kind in Germany to take over the grid as well as electricity supply to the local community. When the electricity markets were deregulated in 1998, it started to sell almost exclusively renewable energy to its local electricity customers. The year after, EWS began to supply customers with green electricity on a nationwide scale. Nowadays, its activities also include the supply of natural gas and biogas.

ews-schoenau.de

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