Missed the webinar on energy sharing with vulnerable households?
Two very different pilots with business models
that go from one apartment block to city-wide actions: Valencia and Roznov. Read the webinar recap and view the presentations.
Find a capacity-building workshop in your country!
As part of its ongoing efforts to support inclusive and community-driven energy models in Europe, the POWER UP project is launching a series of national capacity-building workshops. The workshops will take place in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain in May and June.
12/06 – POWER UP en la Jornada sobre Comunidades Energéticas
Presentaremos las experiencias de POWER UP durante el Congreso Nacional de Comunidades Energéticas, coorganizado por EnerAgen y la Junta de Andalucía en el marco del VIII ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE AGENCIAS DE ENERGÍA.
29/05 – Comunità Energetiche Rinnovabile: la condivisione dell’energia come opportunità per i territori della zona vesuviana
Il progetto POWER UP coinvolge diversi partner internazionali che si stanno occupando, a diverso titolo, di sperimentare concretamente la creazione di comunità energetiche. La nostra area, con i Comuni di Palma Campania e San Giuseppe Vesuviano, rappresenta uno di questi “pilot” ovvero progetti pilota.
12/06 Netwerkconferentie: Spil in de wijk
Wij nodigen u van harte uit voor een inspirerende workshop waarin we samen verkennen hoe we collectieve actie, financiële ondersteuning en sociaal beleid kunnen inzetten om energiearmoede aan te pakken. We komen samen met experts, beleidsmakers en praktijkmensen die met passie werken aan een rechtvaardige energietransitie.
22/05 – Energetická budoucnost obcí: komunitní přístupy a spravedlivá řešení
Ve čtvrtek 22. května 2025 vás zveme na odpoledne plné podnětných diskusí o komunitní energetice, využívání obnovitelných zdrojů na městských budovách, energetické chudobě a sdílení energie v českých obcích.
“It won’t be our wind turbines – it will be yours” Eeklo creates a gateway to cheaper energy for vulnerable households
In Eeklo, a Belgian town of 21,500 inhabitants, the POWER UP pilot team wanted its municipal investment in a citizen-owned wind turbine to have a true social impact. That is why, a few years ago, it turned its membership share in the Ecopower cooperative into 100 “social shares”. We wanted to understand how this idea has come to life.
Webinar: “Impact through trust: Co-designing energy communities with vulnerable households”
This last webinar in the POWER UP series will feature the experiences of the pilots in Campania (Italy) and Eeklo (Belgium), showing how local energy communities can become credible and trusted actors in fighting energy poverty.
How one Czech town is bringing solar energy to social housing
In Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, a town of 17,000 in eastern Czechia, the POWER UP project is piloting a simple but ambitious idea: install rooftop solar panels on a block of 85 social housing flats and share the electricity directly with the residents. These households are among the 9.2% of Czech citizens estimated to live in energy poverty. This pilot offers them locally produced, low-cost power—and a new way to take part in the energy transition.
Webinar “More Than Just Renewables: The Social Impact of Energy Sharing”
This webinar will be showcasing how local governments in Valencia (Spain) and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (Czech Republic) are turning renewable energy projects into tools for social justice and fighting energy poverty. Beyond technical innovation, both pilots show that fighting energy poverty starts with trust: in institutions, in local actors, and between citizens.