Last week our Lithuanian and Danish partners hosted their second online transnational pairing meeting. Discussions focused on intensifying knowledge transfer between the two partners, particularly regarding improving renewable heat production systems 💪♻️ #euinmyregion

Our Finnish and Danish partners recently hosted a great example of a hybrid meeting📽️ Green Net Finland presented on-site their Husulanmäki renewable-energy residential development, whilst Middelfart Kommune discussed their advanced Thermo-road district heating system #bsr

Did you know you can use solar energy to cool your house during the summertime? 🍃☀️ During our recent pairing meetings, we have been discussing the use of heat pumps and solar energy to provide cooling services – essentially two possibilities in one device! #balticsearegion

Next up in our meet the team series: Peter Keller from Green City Experience 👋 Peter’s role is to support the project’s partnerships through transnational pairing activities. His special passion is to create sustainable solutions to stand the challenges of transformation #bsr

In case you missed our newsletter last month, we reported on the energy-transition research conducted by #ScientistsForFuture You can find the original article here: zenodo.org/record/4409334… 🌞💨 For future updates, head to co2mmunity.eu/newsletter

Middelfart Kommune (Denmark) are full steam ahead with their Thermonet RENCOP in collaboration with the Region of South Denmark 💪 the focus here is on local solutions in areas outside of the district heating areas 💡 Find out more about Thermonet: termonet.dk #bsr

Exciting news! An article examining the policy challenges to community energy in the EU has just been published and is now available online 📰 Find the full article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #interreg

📢 The Energiebürger SH and the Consumer Advice Centre Schleswig-Holstein will have a roundtable discussion on Thursday with members of parliament from the federal state to discuss climate-protective demands. Sign-up here: calendar.boell.de/de/event/heize… #bsr

Last week, delegates from Riga (Latvia) and Kiel (Germany) hosted a transnational pairing meeting onboard the ship Kieler Sprotte! ⛵ Information about Kiel’s Climate Protection Plan was presented by Kiel City, further information here: kiel.de/klimaschutz #MadeWithInterreg

Day 2 of the pairing meeting last week saw our German and Latvian partners check out the best of Schleswig-Holstein’s (Germany) renewable energy projects in Sprakebüll, Flensburg, Hürup and Schleswig 🏡🚙 #CommunityEnergy #EuInMyRegion

Today we had a pairing meeting between our Finnish and Estonian partners! 👋 A total of 15 people attended, with the agenda being full to the brim of inspiring #RenewableEnergy examples, with explanations on everything from available subsidies to municipal involvement #EUfunding

Let’s Energize Co2mmunity! On the 22. and 23. September we will host our final meeting in Denmark 🙋‍♀️ The event will be both in-person and hybrid, register here for online participation: forms.gle/Cu93pvutkDaHFG… #MadeWithInterreg

Last week, thousands of participants attended Klimafolkemødet: Middelfart’s annual climate festival (Denmark) 🎊 This years theme was 'Climate Action Together'. Information here (in Danish): klimafolkemoedet.dk Photo: Claus Fisker/Klimafolkemødet #bsr

#Throwback to the latest Latvian/German pairing meeting. On Day 3, the partners visited a community-powered wind farm in Wiemersdorf 💨 (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) and had an introduction to “Bürger-Energie-Nord” which realises community energy PV projects. #EuInMyRegion

Zaļākais šī gada festivāls ir klāt! 18. septembrī Jaunmārupē notiks sarunu festivāls “Zaļš, neatkarīgs & jaudīgs”, lai iedvesmotos, ieraudzītu, uzzinātu un aprunātos par iespējām mājsaimniecībās ieviest “zaļāku” enerģiju. Pasākuma programma pieejama marupe.lv/festivals

On September 18, the first Mārupe municipality conversation festival: “Green, Independent and Powerful” was held (in Latvia) 🌳 The event was dedicated to the development of renewable energy communities. Original blog post (in Latvian) here: rpr.gov.lv/marupe-strauji… #EUfunding

Last week we held our final conference in Middelfart, Denmark! All project teams presented their pilot summaries, attending online and in person 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ A field trip to the heating plant at Føns and the solar PV park at Brenderup were highlights of Day 1 of the meeting #EUfunding

Samsø, Denmark: the meeting place for Day 2 of our final Energize C02mmunity conference 🌱 A fitting place for our last meeting: the island’s citizens live as CO2 negative – emissions are calculated at minus 3.7 tonnes per inhabitant. More info energiakademiet.dk/en/ #bsr

Today signals the end of Energize Co2mmunity, the 12-month extension project of the original Co2mmunity project 💫 There are already informal agreements amongst the team for ongoing exchange, representing a successful project outcome and future outlook💪 #MadeWithInterreg