Developing Energy Communities through Informative anD collEctive actions

Project Information

DECIDE

Grant agreement ID: 894255

DOI 10.3030/894255

Project closed

EC signature date 28 April 2020

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 July 2023

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 2 263 537,50

EU contribution € 2 263 537,50

Coordinated by

TH!NK E
Belgium

Deliverables

Documents, reports (18)

Intermediate Progress Report

The intermediate progress report with description of activities status on deliverables and milestones and insight in the planning for the last 18 months is described

Communication and dissemination plan

Communication and dissemination plan describing the activities for the first half of the project It includes the description of how the KPIs on communication and dissemination are tracked

Final Publishable summary

A short overview of project experience, illustrated by quotes of pilot members, replicants, connected platforms and effective qualitative and quantitative achievements will be provided in an interactive online booklet.

Yearly policy briefs on regulation year 3

Final policy brief based on 3 year experiences.

Yearly policy briefs on regulation

First policy brief based on experiences of DECIDE

Final report on Business Models, contractual conditions and recommendation

A final report will present, based on the extensive exchange with pilot stakeholders and others, the overall view on the business models. The report aims to deliver concrete information that enables to get started.

Yearly policy briefs on regulation year 2

Second policy brief based on second year experiences of DECIDE, alignment with Bridge where possible.

Guidelines to optimize energy-efficiency information campaigns and citizen participation for collective action and energy communities: first version

Guidelines to optimize energyefficiency information campaigns and citizen participation for collective action and energy communities with practical views and methods based on first year research

Structured overview on optimize energy-efficiency interventions for EC and CA: final version

Structured overview on optimize energy-efficiency interventions for energy communities and collective actions based on second year experience.

Structured overview of existing and emerging business models, related contractual conditions and recommendations

This structured overview will align as much as possible with the assessments in Bridge and integrate the learnings from DECIDE and where possible the other projects in teh same call

Guidelines to optimize energy-efficiency information campaigns participation: final version

Guidelines to optimize energy-efficiency information campaigns and citizen participation for collective action and energy communities with practical views and methods, improved based on observations and engagements with the pilots.

Energy communities, collective actions, and citizens

The goal of this report is to provide results of the research focused on understanding who are pioneers in technology uptake and who are the followers in different DECIDE member states. Moreover, the research aim is to understand how citizens look for energy related information and what they use to validate it.

Exploitation and replication strategy

Exploitation and replication plan describing the approach based on expectations at project initiation

Exploitation and replication strategy revision

Exploitation and replication plan describing the approach based on expectations mid project.

Report of trainings held

Report with pictures, describing the training sessions and the facts (including number of participants, location, ...)

Guidelines for characterisation, segmentation and group dynamics

Guidelines on how to apply characterization and segmentation to improve communication and engagement Also the assessment of group dynamics and how to use them is given This is based on the social science analysis including a large number of surveys

Communication and dissemination plan revision

Communication and dissemination plan describing the activities for the second half of the project

Structured overview on optimize energy-efficiency interventions for energy communities and collective actions First version

Structured overview on optimize energyefficiency interventions for energy communities and collective actions based on first year experience

Other (2)

Material and a minimum of 4 delivered trajectories on intergenerational learning

Material used for intergenerational learning and visual report on the 4 engagement activities. The report will include an assessment by the schools.

Training material for knowledge Hub

Training content for knowledge hub is available and uploaded. Additional training material will be added, but by M20 at least 15 items will already be available.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

A Business Model Fast Track on Energy Communities—Key Lessons Learned from H2020 EU Projects

Author(s): Sylvia Breukers,Amanda Schibline,Guntram Pressmair,Jake Barnes,Marine Faber Perrio,Esteban Pastor Calatayud, Lucija Rakocevic
Published in: Environ. Sci. Proc., Issue 2021, 11(1), 19, 2021, Page(s) 19, ISSN 2673-4931
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/environsciproc2021011019