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Energize Co2mmunity represented at the national forum of the Horizon 2020 project (Latvia)
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Swedish paper reports on Co2mmunity project “Byn som tar makten över elen”
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European Shallow Geothermal Days 2020: Danish Partner presents Termonet solution
Danish paper reports on RENCOP Føns Nærvarmes
Føns Nærvarmes is a part of an citizen empowering project, where citizens are testing heatpumps balanced with biomass boilers. This is in Denmarks newest and smallest district heating – RENCOP. A system developed by citizens and owned by citizens. It is closely followed by research , Southern University of Denmark, and knowledge will be shared. It was also part of the Co2mmunity project.
As one of the citzens puts it : “We might find new solutions that empower other citizens to use a heatpump in their system – enabling possibility to get rid of oil boilers and other fossil fuels for heating.”
You can find the full article (in danish) here.
Paper published on urban community energy initiatives: An analysis of six case studies from the Baltic Sea Region
The paper was recently published in a special issue of Energy Policy dealing with the role of community energy initiatives in the transformation of urban energy infrastructures. Besides the policy recommendations, one of the most interesting contributions of this paper is the fact that it identifies strategies community energy actors can implement to overcome contextual barriers to citizen-driven renewable energy projects.