#Today: Don't miss this online #event to know #EU funded projects leading how social innovation and collective action drive energy transitions impacting #policy dialogues. SONNET Energy Transitions @socialres COMETS-H2020 NEWCOMERS_H2020 Stad Antwerpen

Julia Wittmayer @DRIFTeur gives keynote on #SocialInnovation in #EnergyTransitions at final conference of SONNET Energy Transitions COMETS-H2020 NEWCOMERS_H2020 @SocialRESeu sonnet-energy.eu/2022/03/30/con…

We’re in the midst of our panel discussion with our special guests: Charlotte Koot CristianaMarchitelli Dirk Vansintjan, Laurent Bontoux and Sascha Gabizon!

And here the key policy recommendations

In the words of our panelists “It’s cruical to engage people from the very start (from white papers on)” 👥 “instead of top-down technocentric approach: we need the social and technical innovations as partners, not as competitors or add-ons”⚙️ #socialinnovation

The second half of our event has started! 👉 In room 2 you can listen to the NEWCOMERS and COMETS-H2020 partners explore the topic of Building collective action in the energy sector!

All good things must come to an end, and we’re slowly approaching the end of our conference. 🙁 We’re now discussing the pathways for collective action in the #energysector 💡The NEWCOMERS are represented by @JennyPalm1 and Nicolien van der Grijp

It’s the final presentation for COMETS-H2020, as their project is ending in 2 days. Congratulations to the Comets team on succesfully wrapping up 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼We’re very happy we got work with you and share the stage today 🎉

It’s a wrap! A big thank you to everyone who joined us today 😃

Mind blown 🤯 by the expertise at the table today from @SocialRESeu, NEWCOMERS_H2020 and SONNET Energy Transitions project coordinators Notable point so far: policy makers showed commitment to #SocialInnovations. Now it is time for such innovation to be explicitly in 🇪🇺 policy!

📣For all our Slovenian followers 📣 Our handbook on #energyliteracy for #energycommunities is now available in Slovene, check it out here: newcomersh2020.eu/upload/files/N… Other language versions are coming out next week! 💡

Have you spotted the newest page on our website?? Check out sonnet-energy.eu/blog/sonnet-co… to access our #PolicyBrief, #recordings from the Putting People at the 💚 of #EnergyTransitions conference, and speakers' slides. .. @SocialRESeu, COMETS-H2020, NEWCOMERS_H2020, Clean Energy 🇪🇺 CINEA

Don't miss the Joint Policy Brief assembled by @SocialRESeu with SONNET Energy Transitions COMETS-H2020 and NEWCOMERS_H2020. It presents a set of recommendations for EU policy makers on how to better harness and support social innovation for #energytransitions. socialres.eu/news/joint-pol…

How to put people at the heart of the #EnergyTransition? Read this policy brief with insights from 4 European research projects ⤵ SONNET Energy Transitions @SocialRESeu COMETS-H2020 NEWCOMERS_H2020 #JustTransition bit.ly/3x8xMtQ

This morning we had a lively, inspiring session on "Citizen and Community Energy" #EAERE2022. The presentations were based on findings from the following three EU H2020 projects: SONNET Energy Transitions @SocialRESeu NEWCOMERS_H2020 It was very nice to exchange, also with a...

All good things come to an end... We just finished our final review meeting with CINEA 🇪🇺 for NEWCOMERS_H2020. Feeling sad as it was such an enjoyable project and consortium but also happy that we left some marks in the research and policy landscape on #energycommunities -->

👉Based on 3 years of research on the role of #energycommunities in the #energytransitions, the NEWCOMERS consortium underpins its final recommendations with three key principles: 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲 Read here: newcomersh2020.eu/news-and-event…

"Europe’s #renewableenergy transition is a change in many aspects. But it’s not just technical. It’s also social. This is why putting people at the heart of #energytransitions is important."💡 👉Read more in the EU Research Results article about our project: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/442…

💡Yet another article was published based on the NEWCOMERS research by our consortium partners. 👏🏼 Read more about the potential of #energycommunities for reducing or flexing demand ➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #CleanEnergy

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