LocalRES is an EU-funded project that will deploy innovative local energy systems to put renewable energy into the hands of communities and people. The project will boost structural changes in the current energy system at different levels: generation, market, distribution and consumers.
Global Business Inroads (GBI) is an international business, technology and innovation management consultancy, based in India, Europe, UK and USA that is specialized in technology access and deployment. GBI has expertise in technology transfer and project management with focus on cleantech, digital transformation, biodiversity, environmental tech and sustainable mobility.
By 2021, Member States are required to transpose the relevant EC Directives (e.g. EMD II, RED II) into national legislation to facilitate the widespread establishment of energy communities. But how can energy communities be established and operated in a sustainable manner across EU Member States? This question keeps many energy market stakeholders busy. A host of inter-dependent organizational, technical, social, regulatory and business aspects need to be carefully balanced to achieve sustainable operation from an environmental & financial perspective.
This 3-hour online workshop aims to deliver initial results and lessons learnt from the experience of five sister H2020 projects on energy islands – namely COMPILE, iELECTRIX, MERLON, MUSE GRIDS.