Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Session code 2AV.1
Monitoring and methods in social assessments in bioenergy and bioeconomy
Empowering Renewable and Citizen Energy Communities - The POWER-E-COM Project
Short Introductive summary
Energy communities are a trending approach to bring energy generation and distribution into the hands of civilians. The POWER-E-COM project (co-funded by the EU under contract no. 101120998) aims to foster the cooperation between regional/local authorities and citizens so that community energy projects can be realised in regions in six different countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain). These countries were selected because they represent different stages of the transposition of the EU directives that shall facilitate the emergence of energy communities in Europe. The selected countries represent Frontrunners (Ireland), Dynamic movers (Spain), Ambiguous movers (Germany and Austria), and so-called Waverers (Bulgaria and Slovenia). Also, the involvement of citizens in Renewable Energy Communities/Citizens Energy Communities (REC/CEC) shows regional differences among the EU. In some countries (Austria, Germany, Ireland, Spain), the concept is already widely known, while in others (Bulgaria, Slovenia), the concept still needs to be promoted and supported. At the conference, the detailed project approach and a bioenergy community solution will be presented.
Presenter
Ingo BALL
WIP Renewable Energies, Unit Bioenergy & Bioeconomy
Presenter's biography
Ingo Ball is a Senior Project Manager at WIP Renewable Energies in the Project Department, Unit Bioenergy & Bioeconomy . He holds two degrees: Dipl. Sports Economist and B.Sc. Management of Renewable Energies.
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Co-authors:
O. Birgi, WIP, Munich, GERMANY
F. Puente, ESCAN, Madrid, SPAIN
C. Regauer, EWO, Penzberg, GERMANY
B. Beinhofer, EWO, Penzberg, GERMANY
E. Freundl, EWO, Penzberg, GERMANY
S. Drexlmeier, EWO, Penzberg, GERMANY
C. Öhlinger, ESV, Linz, AUSTRIA
C. Egger, ESV, Linz, AUSTRIA
V. Kremlj, ENERGAP, Maribor, SLOVENIA REPUBLIC
K. Polutnik, ENERGAP, Maribor, SLOVENIA REPUBLIC
L. Georgieva, BSERC, Sofia, BULGARIA
A. Nikolaev, BSERC, Sofia, BULGARIA
C. Ventura, Ayto Rivas, Rivas Vaciamadrid, SPAIN
S. Prajnc, Obcina Selnica, Selnica ob Dravi, SLOVENIA REPUBLIC
G. Callinan, TUS, Limerick, IRELAND
P. O'Reilly, TUS, Limerick, IRELAND
S. Egan, TEA, Tipperary, IRELAND
G. Allen, Community Power, Nenagh, IRELAND
T. Popov, MoG, Gabrovo, BULGARIA
Session reference: 2AV.1.8