This project is an initiative of five partners — Energy Cities (France), Electra (Greece), ZEZ (Croatia), Cooperativa de Energie (Romania), and REScoop.eu (Belgium) — aiming to empower regions and local authorities to achieve their sustainability strategies and energy plans by building partnerships and developing community energy projects. Three European regions will serve as the project’s first pilots: Crete in Greece, Zagreb in Croatia, and Bistrița in Romania, while the project’s outcomes are expected to be applied in additional areas in Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, and Italy.
More specifically, the project aims:
- To support local and regional authorities, citizens, and other stakeholders in collaborating to develop new partnerships and achieve community clean‑energy goals.
- To unlock and leverage existing and new funding sources for the creation of community energy initiatives.
- To simplify the regulatory framework and reduce the barriers that hinder the development of community energy in municipalities, by adapting local policy where possible.
- To incentivise broader citizen participation in energy communities by developing a training programme and an award scheme for “community‑energy‑friendly” initiatives. Ensuring equal citizen participation and embedding energy justice across all energy initiatives are fundamental principles of the project.
By establishing energy communities and fostering mutual cooperation, citizens take part in the energy transition and encourage local authorities to act in line with their local energy and climate plans.
LIFE LOOP will focus on community solar generation and energy efficiency, while also exploring opportunities in wind energy, biomass, and clean transport.
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