- socially disadvantaged class | energy cooperation | local government | sustainable development
- Tuesday 20 June 2023, 09:00 - 12:00 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 20 June 2023, 09:00 - 12:00 (CEST)
- Where
- Mundo Madou - Room ArtemisiaAv. des Arts 7/8, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English
Description
Capacity-building for municipal energy entrepreneurs with a social purpose
The event goes from 9:00-12:00 and will be followed by a light networking lunch.
Why this workshop?
As the energy crisis touches more and more people, it becomes even more important to empower people in vulnerable situations to take ownership and benefit from renewable energy production. The previous winter has been hard. As summer comes in, different, but similar challenges lie ahead of certain parts of the population: people will suffer major hardship because of extreme heat or other weather disasters. The situation is systematically worse for specific parts of the population: people with low-income, specific health conditions or those who are part of a minority.
Short-term support doesn’t go far enough. Structural changes in the energy supply are needed to truly improve the condition of vulnerable households. A whole new business scheme needs to be invented.
During this session, city experts involved in the POWER UP project will share how they currently design and test business models with a social purpose. We will look into entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges of:
- social energy cooperative shares (Eeklo),
- energy communities (Valencia) and
- one-stop-shops (Roznov).
Other European experiences around energy solidarity and a more democratic energy market will be presented to inspire you – and hopefully to bring social innovation into the EU Commission’s current electricity market design reform.