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Empowering citizens in the energy transition through participation in local renewable energy projects
17 December 2020Solar panels, windmills, district heating: wherever energy will be generated in the near future, half of it will come from installations in the hands of citizens. At least that is the ambition formula…
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Webinar | Energy Community Pilot, transfo zwevegem
09 December 2020We talked with PhD student Hakim Azaioud of Ghent University, who gave a successful webinar 2 weeks ago to students in Sustainable Energy System Management at the HOWEST University of Applied Sciences…
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Kennemer Kracht puts solar panel installation in Ijmuiden (NL) into operation
09 December 2020In the week of 20 April, 80 solar panels of the neighborhoud installation on the roof of 'Stormvogels' in Ijmuiden (NL) have been installed. This is a project of Empower2.0 partner Kennemer Kracht, …
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Empowering Energy Communities in Fons in Denmark
09 December 2020When citizens start empowering each others.
As a part of the European empower project the Danish living lab & pilot project is getting attention from other citizen groups. This means citize…
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Powering positive change at Danbury Park Community Primary School
09 December 2020Two community buildings in Essex have seen the installation of solar panels completed in October as part of the Essex Empower pilot. Essex Outdoors Danbury and Danbury Park Community Primary School lo…
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Corona does not slow down sustainable development: online citizen meetings may pave the way!
08 December 2020Bringing big group of citizens together is not easy these days. The municipality of Middelfart in Denmark however did find a way to involve the citizens on how to change their source of heating from C…
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EMPOWER2.0 webinar, inspired by co2mmunity, 31/3/2020 - 1/4/2020
08 December 2020While the world physically is closed due to Corona, lessons on citizen participation in clean energy transition is travelling fast between the Baltic Sea region and the North Sea region in the Europea…
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EMPOWER 2.0 @ Klimaatfestival Zwevegem, 4-6 October 2019
08 December 2020During the weekend of Octobre 4th, 5th and 6th, a took place at , one of the pilots of EMPOWE…
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Press release: Official launch PV-roof of Haarlem (NL) pilot, 14-01-2020
08 December 2020On Tuesday 14 January, the official opening took place of the Haarlem (NL) pilot, the PV installation on the sports hall of omnisport association 'Onze Gezellen'.
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Kennemer meets Zaanstad (NL), 14-11-2019
08 December 2020On 14-11-2019, the event 'KENNEMER MEETS ZAANSTAD' was hosted by EMPOWER2.0 project partners Zaanstad, Stadsgarage and Kennemer Energie. The goal of the event was to share knowledge and get inspired …
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