As a partner organization, REC participates in the implementation of the project „ENERGY.EU – Pathways to empowering energy communities and mitigating energy poverty in Central-Eastern Europe – a case study based approach“ financially supported by the EU Interreg Danube Region Program and Co-funded by the European Union.
Overall objective of the project
Gathering 4 partners from 4 countries, ENERGY.EU project develops a Horizon Europe call compatible project with the aim to enable the European energy paradigm shift, empower the EU consumer to act as a prosumer and tackle the challenges of energy poverty. The main objective of energy.eu project is to enable the energy community paradigm shift based on an iterative social innovation methodology and evidence-based case-study analysis. This framework will link citizens, market, regulations and technologies, by the development and tailoring of social and flexibility tools, the co-design of governance and business models for energy communities presenting economic, social and environmental sustainability, and the facilitation of energy communities’ establishment within the current administrative frameworks and with recommendations for an evolution of regulation.
Specific objectives:
The objectives are divided into specific, measurable, and realistic objectives which target key challenges to the achievement of an energy market paradigm shift towards a more democratic governance in the scope of the EU Clean Energy Package and the interaction between the four pillars of this shift: citizens, markets, regulations and technologies.
Project activities:
ENERGY.EU project activities are developed across a 5-phase approach:
- Report on the state of play in energy communities
- Demonstration sites and case study analyses
- Citizen engagement and stakeholder consultations
- Project plan of energy.eu
- Report on funding possibilities
Project duration: 12 months (September 2024 – August 2025)
Overall project value: 124,705.00 EUR
Project leader: InnoGeo Ltd, Szeged (HUN)
Project partners: Resource Environmental Center – REC (BIH), Regional Development Agency Bačka (SRB), Slovgeoterm (SK).
Source of funding / Donor: EU Interreg Danube Region Programe (Project is Co-funded by the European Union)