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The infinite energy …of human beings
No, I am not going to write about this fateful anniversary, this cursed year (or not), nothing, not a word about the pandemic. This newsletter is dedicated to community energy in all meanings of the term, the energy that
Helsinki Energy Challenge outcomes: an artificial island, salt and a HIVE will help decarbonise heating
The city of Helsinki organised an international projects competition to find future-proof solutions to heat the city and meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035. Helsinki heat is today produced mainly with coal (53%) and natural gas
The heated debate on hydrogen in our cities
In last week’s Decarb City Pipes 2050 webinar, Lisa Fischer, Programme Leader atE3G discussed with cities the role that hydrogen can play in the decarbonisation of cities. Hydrogen* is often presented as a quick fix to get rid of
Almada keeps track of its 2050 climate targets
The Portuguese city, which is looked after by its giant Cristo Rei statue, has one big target in mind since the COP15 in Paris: to reduce its CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050. Back then in 2015, the city had
Balkans go solar
The Western Balkans are a wonderful patchwork of cultures and the countries in the zone do each have their specific socio-economic context. While countries like Croatia are part of the EU and therefore bound to the Clean Energy package
Higher efficiency + more renewables = lower emissions
The Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) need to become more ambitious if the EU is to achieve its objective to be climate neutral by 2050 and reduce GHG emissions by 55% by 2030. Energy
Learning Municipality Networks
To meet the EU’s ambition to become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union and the Members States will need to rely on cities and their capacity for mobilization and innovation. Local authorities were the first to take actions
Who are Energy Cities’ #CommunityPower champions?
In the last few years, we have been talking a lot about community energy. Energy Cities is part of the Community Power coalition, an advocacy group of like-minded organisations who share a common goal of promoting the development of
Big strategies by small cities
By joining forces, the three Italian municipalities Palma Campania, San Giuseppe Vesuviano and Striano do big steps for actually being small municipalities (a bit more than 56.000 inhabitants all together). In the shadow of their bigger sister Naples, they
Sustainable mobility planning in Brasov
In the framework of the project TOMORROW, the local Agency for Energy Management and Environmental Protection (ABMEE) is working with the platform and laboratory MOBILITAR to co-design the new mobility strategy for Brasov (Romania). Using design-thinking methods and involving a