Project Title: Pathways to empowering energy communities and mitigating energy poverty in Central-Eastern Europe – a case study based approach: energy.eu
Donor: Interreg Danube Region Programme, Co-funded by the European Union (DRP-EUSDR SMF)
Total Budget: 124 705,00 EUR
Main Objective:
With 4 partners (a reseach non-profit, a geothermal consulting and engineering company, a regional authority and an environmental NGO) from 4 countries representing EU and non-EU states, as its core team, energy.eu aims to develop a pathway towards empowering the European consumer to act as a prosumer inside the energy market. To do so, energy.eu will
– report on the state of play in energy communities, prosumer networks as well as crowdfunding based on socio-economic analyses and case studies
– develop a project plan that sets out to engage, then involve and finally to evolve and improve its solutions based on participative planning and feedback gathered at community and stakeholder consultations, as well as dedicated programmes to engage young people, and,
– report on funding possibilities
Lead Partner: InnoGeo Research and Service Nonprofit Ltd (Hungary)
Project Partners:
SLOVGEOTERM a.s. (Slovakia)
Regional Development Agency Backa Ltd. Novi Sad (Serbia)
Resource Environmental Center (BiH)
Project duration: 12 months (1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025)
