Additional information
Additional regional information :
Associated countries and countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature are equally eligible to the grant.
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Sectors :
All sectors Energy Environment & Climate Services to organisations
Beneficiary :
All beneficiaries Local Authority & Affiliated Entity
Regions :
European Economic Area, European Union
Category :
Call for proposals
Manager :
European Commission
Priorities and funded actions
Objective
To support actions that foster the collaboration between local and regional authorities and energy communities and/or actions that develop integrated services to facilitate the emergence and growth of community energy projects.
Priorities
- Priority 1: Local authorities collaborating with citizen-led-initiatives
- Priority 2: Developing integrated services to support community energy
Among financed actions
- Capacity building and facilitating access of local energy communities and cooperatives to information and guidance about setting up, financing and operating community projects
- Support to the emergence of citizen energy initiatives that empower local actors to collectively address energy transition targets through use of public resources, funds and capacity
- Participation in and/or set up of municipal energy initiatives and energy communities including diverse and hybrid forms of collective ownership with participation from municipal authorities and citizens
Additional information
- This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
- Initial duration of the action will be fixed in the grant agreement
- Applicants must focus on ONE of the priorities
Eligibility
- Be a legal person
- Be established in one of the eligible countries
- Be a consortium composed of at least 3 applicants from 3 different eligible countries