Activities in the project Co2mmunity:
- identification of stakeholders and CE projects: energy cooperatives and energy clusters,
- case studies of selected CE projects,
- field visits, meetings with stakeholders, questionnaires, interviews and workshops,
- analysis of the conditions for development of the CE projects in the Baltic Sea region,
- identification of barriers and drivers, regional and national legal conditions and success factors,
- development of tools and guidelines for initiating and running CE projects taking into account national conditions,
- development of a model for the exchange of experiences and good practices,
- recommendation for local, regional and national policies,
- elaboration of country-specific handbooks, recommendations and strategies for development CE projects,
- set up “RENCOP” – renewable energy cooperative partnerships – that initiate and support community energy projects in the Baltic Sea region.
Main results of the project:
- Synthesis report about current situation of CE in BSR including best practice compilation
- 8 country-specific handbooks for CE for municipalities and citizens’ associations
- White paper for national and regional stakeholders to support/initiate CE projects
- RENCOP roadmap for municipalities and regional actors across the BSR
- Transferable RENCOP model as a tool that can be applied across the BSR to initiate and support CE projects