15/08/2023

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Issue of August 2023

Welcome to this month’s issue of the Rural Energy Community Advisory Hub Newsletter.

As the programme nears the final stage, we are delighted to announce the joint final conference of the European Commission’s Rural Energy Community Advisory Hub (RECAH) and Energy Communities Repository (ECR) – more on this later in the newsletter.

The RECAH team continue to work hard to accelerate the energy transition; they have recently published their fifth guidance document and are currently developing a further three. They have also begun the process of translating the guidance documents into Bulgarian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, and Romanian. Again, more details can be found in this newsletter, where we also provide an update on the technical assistance currently being provided by RECAH to 25 rural energy communities across Europe.

With the Energy Breakfast Series networking sessions underway, now is a great time to join the 500+ RECAH network members already invested in the energy transition. The recordings of each session will be made available to all network members.

We would like to kindly ask you to forward this newsletter to any stakeholders that might be interested in:

providing their expertise to the technical assistance programme;
accessing our guidance documents and best practice case studies;
staying up to date with the initiative; and/or
sharing details of the initiative with their network.

They can sign up to receive our future newsletters here.

Kind regards,

The RECAH Team

ENER-RUC-HUB@ricardo.com

News

New guidance published on navigating technology types for rural energy communities

Brand new guidance exploring the different technology options available to rural energy communities has been published by RECAH. This article looks at the aims of the document, what information is provided and gives insight from the author.

Read the article and access the new guidance document.

Guidance for municipalities on supporting and developing rural energy communities will be available soon

This article explores the contents of one of RECAH’s upcoming guidance documents, which aims to be a comprehensive guide for local authorities on supporting and facilitating the development of sustainable energy communities in rural areas. We hear from the author and share how you can keep up to date on the document’s upcoming publication.

Read the article for more information about the guidance for municipalities.

The Rural Energy Community Advisory Hub enhances one of the most well-attended EU Sustainable Energy Week sessions

Eugenia Bonifazi, Project Manager of the RECAH, was invited to speak at an EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) session exploring capacity building for social innovation within the context of energy communities. Get an overview of this year’s most important themes and find out what Eugenia's session covered.

Read this article and access the session recording.

KLIK wins the European Sustainable Energy Award 2023 in the Local Energy Action category

KLIK, a cooperative of citizens in Križevci, Croatia that has been receiving technical assistance from the RECAH, received the Local Energy Action EUSEW Award 2023.

Find out about the cooperative, their goals, and the nature of the support from RECAH.

Rural energy community guidance documents are now available in Bulgarian, Italian, and Polish

The RECAH is translating its series of guidance documents into six European languages: Bulgarian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, and Romanian. Find out which documents have already been translated and how to access them in this article.

Read the article and access the translated guidance documents.

Take part in this data collection survey and advance energy communities’ activities in Europe

If you want to boost energy community projects in Europe, take part in this data collection survey by the Energy Communities Repository.

Find out about and complete the survey.

Events

Save the date – Rural Energy Community Advisory Hub and Energy Communities Repository joint final conference

The European Commission’s RECAH and Energy Communities Repository (ECR) have announced their joint final conference.

Find out the date and location of the final conference.

Energy Breakfast Series - Wednesday mornings at 9 AM CET.

The Rural Energy Community Advisory Hub (RECAH) Energy Breakfast Series networking sessions are open to our RECAH member network and will take place on Wednesday mornings at 9 AM CET. Sessions welcome a presentation from thriving energy communities (ECs) across Europe and an opportunity to network, share knowledge and ask questions.

Find out more about it and register for the next networking session.

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