Toolbox

The main focus of this Report is to identify and assess different barriers and action drivers that impact the development of energy communities at national level in the context of European Union legislation, including but not limited to the RED II and IMED.

This Roadmap provides Building Blocks for EU Member States who are looking to develop or update their national legal frameworks for energy communities. It outlines a learning-by-doing approach, showing examples from different EU countries.

A reference guide to energy communities looking into setting up an energy sharing initiative, including information and resources on different business models and regulatory approaches from EU Member States related to energy sharing for energy communities.

The guidance document is an essential tool to create your own energy community one-stop-shop. Learn from established one-stop shops and access many practical resources for defining your services, financing your one-stop-shop project, or designing your customer journey.

The Energy Communities Repository has compiled a short guide with practical examples of digital solutions for energy communities in different scopes of application.

Determine your individual and optimally designed system solution both for single-family households and for your share of a community system in just a few steps.

Determine your CO2 emissions with this climate calculator and receive tips on how to reduce your carbon footprint.

This Model Assessment is meant to be a tool to help national actors – mainly public authorities and civil society organisations – better assess potential for development of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs), as well as barriers that might hinder their growth.

Based on existing experience and research, this guide provides different options in which municipalities may be able to adapt their procurement processes to support the participation of renewable energy communities in the procurement process.

If you're looking to set up a website for your national one-stop-shop, this tool is for you!

The Digital Tools List provides several solutions for communities to build their digital infrastructure. The applications included here are mostly built by communities for communities and are free of charge.

This toolkit supports developers and operators of community bioenergy and heating projects.

The SCCALE 203050 project carried out a series of interviews with energy communities to understand which IT- and communication tools they have found helpful for their operations.

The Community Energy Municipal Guide aims to help local authorities navigate the many roles they can play to support the development of energy communities in their area.

The RENERGISE Multi-vector Optimization tool provides registered users the possibility to create, edit and compare hypothetical or actual data from local energy networks that might develop as new energy communities.

In this guidebook, the European Citizen Energy Academy has compiled examples of inspiring community energy initiatives where people take action to improve their conditions and the wellbeing of their communities.

A short and engaging start-up guide to empower citizens and guide them on the path to either joining or starting a successful rural energy community.

This guidance provides you with an introduction to rural energy communities and the role of citizens in the energy system. It gives an overview of the current European energy market and explains the concept of energy communities, how they could fit within the system and why they are important.

This Handbook is an action- oriented guide to help islands navigate the transition toward clean energy. It follows a central methodology to cover ideas and projects in all stages of the clean energy transition. It also provides examples of European islands.