Creating, Optimizing and Planning Positive EneRgy districts: connecting citizens’ energy at different geographical levels

As energy prices have surged throughout Europe, affecting all households (directly or indirectly) through their energy bill, citizens increasingly want to contribute to the renewable energy transition.

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Next to market parties and government, the role of citizens in energy communities (ECs) in developing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) can and should be strengthened, and wider groups of citizens can be involved. From this shared problem and understanding, this project wants to create and co-develop P2P citizens-based support and information systems that are inclusive of energy vulnerable groups and which fosters active energy citizenship.

Moreover, PEDs need to be embedded within the wider energy system by creating reliable entities such as organized ECs with intermediary roles, linking supply, demand, and storage in the energy market. By zooming out, the project develops new concepts for strategic spatial energy planning through co-creation with neighborhoods and community networks in the wider urban region.

In COPPER local ECs in Portugal, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway share experiences in an interdisciplinary and intersectoral way. Concretely, this project facilitates P2P support systems, models energy markets and improves strategic and integrated spatial energy planning.

Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future – DUT Partnership

Project Coordinator

Mark Wiering, RU

Project Members

 

Norwegian Partners

 

Cases

Case descriptions

News

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Project details

Contact persons

Project number

6684

Project period

01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026

Collaboration partners

Norwegian: DENKO AS: Arild Stapnes Johnsen arild.johnsen@dalane-energi.no, Klaudia Teresa Tolstow klaudia.tolstow@dalane-energi.no, Vidar Nodland vidar.nodland@denko.no – Eigersund industri og havn KF: Rolf Andre Leidland rolf.andre.leidland@eigersund.kommune.no

Financing

The Research Council of Norway

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