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How Greater Manchester plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2038

energydemocracy — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:56:52 +0000

Greater Manchester is one of the UK’s most advanced municipalities when it comes to climate protection and the energy transition. Located in the North West of England, the metropolitan area with its 2.8 million inhabitants has already won prizes[1] for its green efforts. It also made it to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2019 A-List of…

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The Drechtsteden: moving away from fossil gas and involving residents in the process

energydemocracy — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:38:15 +0000

The region sees the phase-out of gas as multi-faceted: it also entails the need for well-insulated homes, the potential to create jobs, and the importance of looking beyond 2030. In this article, we talk about our current approach to reducing households’ gas dependency and the challenges and opportunities we identify for the years to come.…

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The municipality of Burgas pioneers energy efficient housing in Bulgaria

energydemocracy — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:03:06 +0000

Burgas: industrial hub at the seaside With more than 200,000 residents, Burgas is Bulgaria’s fourth largest city. Despite its growing popularity as a tourist destination, Burgas is essentially an industrial city. It hosts a large oil-refining company and is the centre of Bulgaria’s fish-processing industry. Its strategic location on the scenic coast of the Black…

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Komotini’s plans for a climate-friendly future

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:55:27 +0000

Getting ready for renewable energy production Until 2017, municipalities in Greece were not able to participate directly in large-scale energy production and distribution, but were limited to small-scale infrastructure like PV panels on rooftops. They were dependent on the centralised national system, which runs mostly on fossil fuels and is comparatively expensive. Komotini had therefore…

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Public-public partnerships and deep energy retrofits: The case of Porto Region

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:50:07 +0000

Partnerships between municipalities and agencies Vila Nova de Gaia municipality is one of the 17 municipalities that form the Porto Metropolitan area. The local government of Vila Nova de Gaia joined the Covenant of Mayors as early as 2008 and is also member of the Energy Cities Alliance. The municipality among 6 others, works with…

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New ways for the energy transition – the Viennese approach

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:42:35 +0000

The city of Vienna is Austria’s cultural and economic centre. The metropolitan area houses almost a third of Austria’s 8.9 million inhabitants. Vienna is also on track to becoming the country’s centre for green energy: by 2050, the city aims to meet half its energy consumption from renewable sources – and be close to fully…

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Rijeka: The energy transition of Croatia’s seaport

energydemocracy — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:26:30 +0000

Municipal planning and clever funding strategies In 2016, Rijeka adopted an Energy Efficiency Action Plan for the period 2017-2019. In February 2020, it moved to an Efficiency Action Plan for 2020-2022, which commits to investing 171.6 million kuna (€22.9 million) into climate protection measures over the plan period. The funding is a combination of…

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