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The Empower 2.0 team says goodbye
19 October 2022The entire team behind Empower 2.0 wishes to thank you for the interest in our project and our journey. We hope to have contributed inspiring civilians and local governments into a transition towards …
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Teachers learn about the energy transition
14 October 2022We demonstrated several materials and modules that were developed: our solar cart, our solar boiler, the role-playing game ElectriCity (developed by a student of higher education teacher’s study), th…
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Extra outputs of EMPOWER2.0 due to project extension
12 October 2022The Belgian beneficiary Intercommunale Leiedal proposed a set of activities in order to upscale the number of citizens reached and increase the empowerment in the energy transition. Leiedal<>
Solar Together Essex - highest take up ever!
05 May 2022Solar Together Essex 2022 has been an overwhelming success – the scheme received more than three times the number of people expected to register their interest. And now more than 1,000 people have ac…
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Middelfart Municipality wins Climate Prize
26 March 2022The Municipalities' Climate Prize has just been awarded for the first time at the Municipal Policy Summit. It was Middelfart Municipality who - in a strong field of nominees - won the award.
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Empower TV #2 - How to empower citizens
18 February 2022In this episode, you will be introduced to the amazing story of Fons in Denmark. There, residents went to work themselves to make energy for the community. In the studio, Virginie Platteau talks to L…
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EMPOWER TV #1 Getting to know the project
07 February 2022How can you move people to work together on the energy issue? On this question EMPOWER 2.0 gives a solid answer. In this first episode of EMPOWER TV you get acquainted with the project. Virginie Platt…
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Empower TV coming soon
19 January 2022Want to know how to become an active energy citizen? Or what local governments can do to facilitate energy communities? Make sure to watch EMPOWER TV: inspiring keynotes, exciting interviews, and sh…
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Toolbox for diving into a sea of experience
19 January 2022The EMPOWER2.0 toolbox offers citizens, authorities and energy communities a guided experience so they can find the most pertinent tools to assist them on their journeys to produce their own green e…
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EMPOWER launches learning module
19 January 2022A series of four videos embedded in the Empower 2.0 toolbox share learning from pilot projects in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark over topics such as engaging different types of prosume…
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