Funding opportunities for energy efficiency and energy community projects
One of the key issues in identifying solutions to tackle energy poverty is related to their sustainability over time and the possibility of involving vulnerable households without creating a financial burden for them. This report gives an overview of the approaches chosen by POWER UP pilots using different funding and business models to ensure their long-term sustainability.
Financial and commercial business cases of 4 pilot areas
This report analyses the financial and commercial business cases of the four pilot areas involved in POWER UP. Their pioneering work may be useful to other local authorities wanting to launch renewable energy services for vulnerable people. Being able to accurately model and forecast how energy activities will impact costs, benefits and risks for anyone involved is an important skill.
The renewable energy production business case: How-to guidelines for local governments
This report covers the economic, technical and legal aspects related to the set-up of renewable energy installations by energy communities. Thanks to very practical insights this report can guide local administration employees, may they be technical, administrative or elected people.
Energy poverty mitigation: co-designing schemes with a just governance
This report allows for a behind-the-scenes look into how pilots co-created together with energy-poor households one or several of their renewable energy pilot schemes. Their aim: to move them out of energy poverty and prepare for their implementation.
Promoting social energy services to fight energy poverty: Communication insights
In this short public report, the communication experts of POWER UP describe how they communicate and disseminate the social impact of energy services, whether they focus on energy efficiency or renewable energy. How did they try to bring the social aspect of energy services into the minds of law-makers, local leaders and citizens. This is not exactly a how-to guide as the actions taken are very specific to the POWER UP project. Nevertheless, we do hope that the communication processes and logic we’ve put in place can inspire others, notably people working in similar EU-funded projects.
Business models with a value proposition to vulnerable households: Exploration in 5 pilot cities
Energy services that benefit people in energy poverty need to be well defined: they only make sense if they meet the needs of those vulnerable consumers while, at the same time, being economically viable. POWER UP pilot cities take up that challenge and design social entrepreneurial solutions. But how to determine the right long-term business model for something as innovative as that?
Engaging with Vulnerable Households – A Practical Toolkit
This publication is intended to be used as a practical guide and toolkit for practitioners looking to engage not only vulnerable households in social energy projects, but other partners and stakeholders as well.
Understanding Energy Poverty Characteristics at the Local Level
This report presents and analyses the energy poverty situation at both a national scale for each of the project partners’ countries – Belgium, Czech
Republic, Italy, Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Spain – as well as at the local level where the pilot projects will be implemented. The report first reviews European level research and data on energy poverty and local energy cooperatives. It also delves down into the specificities of the issue in the individual countries.
Energy Business Models: which impacts on energy poverty mitigation?
How can we produce, distribute and share energy in a fair, but financially viable way? What Business schemes around clean energy can best serve the needs of people in energy poverty? The POWER UP project has identified suitable models that have the potential to build wealth and benefits for the poorest.
European Analysis of Different Social Energy Market Players
People and institutions have come together to become, themselves, energy market players – with the big difference of aiming for positive social impact. So how do these look like? This new report presents the current landscape of these new players, provides context and very concrete best practices from different countries. It puts particular emphasis on examining relationships between Social Energy Market Players and regional and local public authorities.
