EnTRA unites 18 energy transition projects and their results, including guidance for experts and citizens, simulation and decision-support tools, solution toolboxes, and more.

However, those not involved in a specific project often struggle to discover these resources and understand how to access and use the tools and results. After projects end, the momentum for promoting and transferring results slows, and sometimes stops entirely. One-time events and temporary programs are not sufficient to ensure long-term awareness and exploitation.

EnTRA focuses on several key mechanisms to improve the consistency of knowledge transfer on energy transition solutions and to enable broad uptake of both technical and governance solutions. First, the EnTRA Resource Hub catalogs results tailored to the needs of users from local or regional authorities and sectoral agencies, clearly communicating the necessary enabling conditions for uptake. Second, the Policy Memorandum elaborates key recommendations to improve capacity for uptake of energy transition solutions and reduce barriers to innovation. Third, the Institutional Ambassadors Program supports organizations in strengthening their internal capacity for long-term sustainability, communication, and transfer of developed solutions to future users. Fourth, the Knowledge Community promotes learning and exchange to build capacity among target groups and enhance the uptake of results.

Through these mechanisms, EnTRA maximizes the potential for validated solutions to be mobilized effectively for the energy transition.

Project coordinator:
HafenCity University Hamburg

Partner organizations:
Riga Technical University
ZEBAU – Centre for Energy, Construction, Architecture and the Environment Ltd.
Association of Municipalities of Małopolska Region
Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture Secretariat
Tartu Regional Energy Agency
Central and Eastern Sustainable Energy Network CEESEN
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation NOVUM
Hanse-Parlament
Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission c/o City of Turku

Project website:
https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/entra/

Duration:
July 2025 – June 2028

Budget:
EUR 1.2 million

Project acronym:
EnTRA

D1.1 – Technical Results Synthesis Mapping. This activity specifically targets technical tools and solutions, showcasing their functionality and real-world applicability to help potential users integrate them into their daily work. It also catalogs the specificities inherent to these tools in terms of technical demands, infrastructures, etc.

D1.2 – Governance Results Synthesis Mapping. This activity addresses the mapping and synthesis of governance tools, policy frameworks, and recommendations from the EnTRA platform projects.

D1.3 – Assessment Report on Barriers and Potentials for Uptake and Use of Results. This report will address the barriers and potentials for implementing energy project tools and results, drawing on insights gathered from a series of digital workshops with key stakeholder groups.

O1.4 – Energy Transition Solutions Resource Hub. The results of D1.1 and D1.2 will be cataloged into the output O1.4 Energy Transition Solutions Resource Hub, an accessible and user-friendly platform tailored to the needs of planners, engineers and energy experts across local and regional authorities, and sectoral agencies. The hub links tools and recommendations to real-world applications, providing clear navigation and guidance to users.

O1.5 – Policy Memorandum for Energy Transition Innovations. This activity focuses on developing policy recommendations that make better use of energy project results by combining insights on barriers and potentials (D1.3) with gaps identified in the results mapping and synthesis activities (D1.1, D1.2).

D2.1 – EnTRA Knowledge Community Process Reflection. This task constitutes the framework to unite the involved energy projects, their partners, further associated organizations and other representatives of the target groups.

O2.2 – Outreach Plan and Final Assessment Report. The task involves a broad and active outreach campaign, focusing on gaining visibility of the involved projects’ results as well as the synthesizing outcomes of this collaborative platform.

D2.3 – Energy Solutions’ Institutional Sustainability and Transfer Assessment. The activity will analyze institutional barriers to sustainability, such as project discontinuity, limited funding, and capacity gaps, to identify key challenges. It will then propose strategies that support the long-term integration and transferability of innovative solutions, informing the Self-audit Guide for Institutional Ambassadors for the Energy Transition (O2.4).

O2.4 – Self-audit Guide for Institutional Ambassadors for the Energy Transition. The task focuses on developing an Institutional Ambassadors Program to ensure long-term sustainability and transfer of project results, using a self-audit process to refine the Self-Audit Guide (O2.4). It involves multiple partners in testing, feedback, and outreach while promoting transnational collaboration and shared learning.