Community Energy is one of the tools to overcome energy (price) crisis we have right now in most parts of Europe. It has been seen as an instrument to mitigate energy poverty and transform centralized energy market to more end-consumer location based decentralized system, also to develop the renewable energy production with more on-site consumption.
At the end of Energize Co2mmunity that was one year follow up implementation project for Co2mmunity Interreg Baltic Sea Region project the real-life implementation of Renewable Community Energy (REC) with pilot stories, pairing stories and faced barriers in Baltic Sea region is described by concise and visual edition “Get Inspired on Community Energy – Stories from the Baltic Sea Region” – stories can be found from following link: Get Inspired on Community Energy – Stories from the Baltic Sea Region [https://co2mmunity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Booklet-Energize-Co2mmunity_AO.pdf].
Energize Co2mmunity provides the database of community energy projects [http://old.lei.lt/co2mmunity/] and multiple documents concerning community energy in Baltic Sea region, including Scientific Review Paper on Community Energy Drivers and Barriers – Scientific Review Paper on Community Energy Drivers and Barriers [http://co2mmunity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/co2mmunity-working-paper-No.-2.1-v04.pdf].
With both Co2mmunity and Energize Co2mmunity and other community energy projects Tartu Regional Energy Agency [www.trea.ee/eng/] is developing community energy in Estonia, piloting community energy projects and trying to guide the development of community energy policy in region. TREA’s community energy projects are like a puzzle, each piece of which plays an important role in forming the overall picture and result – developing community energy in Estonia.
Co-producing and co-financing renewable community energy projects;
Real-life implementation of renewable community energy projects
Community Models for the Energy Transition through Social Innovation
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/837722
Creating Community Energy Systems
https://www.creators4you.energy/
Developing Energy Communities through Informative and collEctive actions