In recent years, numerous projects aimed at boosting energy communities have emerged throughout the EU.
However, the launch and implementation of these initiatives, including those involving members of the COMANAGE partnership, have highlighted that citizen-led and public-participated energy community projects often encounter significant governance and management barriers, such as legal, administrative, financial, social, and organizational hurdles that impede their progress.
To address these challenges, the COMANAGE proposal has been developed, which seeks to establish an Energy Communities Governance Framework and an Energy Communities Governance Toolkit.
These tools aim to equip public authorities involved in energy communities’ projects with integrated services, supporting mechanisms, and tools that facilitate the management and governance of energy communities and other forms of citizen-led energy initiatives.
The ultimate objective of the project is twofold: to enable existing energy community projects to take off and grow sustainably in the medium and long term, and to encourage the uptake of new community-owned energy projects.
To achieve these goals, the COMANAGE project will create a transnational network of knowledge and competence providers and establish three Operative Integrated Services Hubs in three Pilot Cases across the EU, represented by the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona in Spain (AMB), the Krakow Metropolis Association in Poland (KMA), and the Lazio National Association of Italian municipalities in Italy (ANCI LAZIO).
These hubs will mobilize, engage, and operationalize key stakeholders to provide integrated services and support mechanisms for energy communities and other citizen-led energy initiatives.
The project is funded by the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action (LIFE) for a total of approximately 1.6M, and began in November 2022. It is scheduled to conclude 36 months later.
BENEFICIARIES
REVOLVE WATER | |
ASOCIACION ECOSERVEIS | |
AREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA | |
ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE EMPRESAS DE SERVICIOS ENERGETICOS ANESE | |
ASSOCIATION MONDIALE DES GRANDES METROPOLES | |
INSTITOUTO SYNETAIRISTIKIS IGESIAS KAI SYNERGASIAS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA | |
SPINDOX LABS SRL | |
AISFOR SRL | |
ANCI ASSOCIAZIONE REGIONALE COMUNI ITALIANI LAZIO | |
STOWARZYSZENIE METROPOLIA KRAKOWSKA |
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