#LifeCOMET report identifies shared barriers faced by energy communities across contexts — including grid constraints, administrative complexity, limited access to tailored financing and insufficient institutional recognition.
In Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia 👇
☑️Short-term support
☑️Mid-term policy integration
☑️Long-term system transformation
National community energy coalitions build roadmaps that go beyond individual projects.
Learn how the #LifeCOMET project makes this happen 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/na...
🚀 Energy communities don’t scale on their own
🤝 Across Europe, national coalitions act as intermediaries: bridging citizens, policymakers, DSOs and regulators to make community energy work in practice.
🔎 Discover the coalitions supported through #LifeCOMET: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/coalitions
🌈 Why do national coalitions of energy communities matter?
The new #LifeCOMET report walks us through the crucial support they bring to the community energy movement, exploring common challenges and strategies across 7 countries.
📄Check it out! lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/na...
See you in Latvia this May! 🌞
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🎯 How do you build effective collaborations & campaigns?
Join the #LifeCOMET webinar and get inspired by successful energy communities from Greece and Croatia. They will share useful tips on strategy, policy, and engagement.
📅29 January | 10:00-11:30 CET
👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/webinar...
📌 Mark it in your calendar!
Join us for the next #LifeCOMET webinar and learn how to drive community impact and inspire change through strategic partnerships and effective communication campaigns.
📅29 January - 10:00-11:30 CET
Register here 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/webinar...
👩💻Join us for the new #LifeCOMET webinar!
Learn from practitioners from energy communities in Greece & Croatia how to turn community practice into action through alliances, campaigns, and action-based storytelling.
📅29 January - 10:00-11:30 CET
Register here 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/webinar...
Looking forward! ☀️
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💭 Do you want to learn how to design and implement effective policy and engagement strategies from two experienced community energy practitioners?
Join this #LifeCOMET webinar on Thursday at 10:00 CET.
Register now! 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/webinar...
Community engagement is essential for strong, citizen-led energy projects.
The final Life COMET Toolkit blog post looks at key resources for:
🤝 Stakeholder mobilisation
📢 Communication & awareness
Read more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/upgradi...
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Having relevant practical tools matters when building community energy projects.
This week’s #LifeCOMET blog post dives into:
🔧Sustainable business models
🧭Collective self-consumption & energy sharing
Read more → lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/upgradi...
🚀 Join us for the first session of the #LifeCOMET webinar series 'From Practice to Change'.
In this first webinar, you will learn how to design and implement effective policy and engagement strategies from two community energy practitioners.
Register now! 👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/webinar...
How can policies, legal frameworks, and strategic planning better support energy communities?
That's theme 1️⃣ of the Community Energy Upgrading Toolkit by #LifeCOMET partners.
Learn more in our 1️⃣st blog post.⤵️
Supportive frameworks are key to growing energy communities. 🌱
The latest #LifeCOMET blog post shares 3 paths to enable them: better EU transposition, better local & national integration, stronger regulations.
📃Read more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/upgradi...
Want to upgrade your energy community? 🌱🌳
The #LifeCOMET Toolkit brings together practical paths and tools to support policy, business models and engagement of citizen-led initiatives.
🔗 Find out more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/resources/pa...
⚡ Today, our Senior Policy Advisor, Josh Roberts, shared his views on the future of the community energy movement at the Good Energy Conference, organised by our Croatian member ZEZ.
📣 Josh has also called for an ambitious Citizens Energy Package.
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🗣“Skupaj smo močnejši,” je v kratkem intervjuju za #LifeCOMET izpostavil Božidar Roglič, predsednik Energetske zadruge Zeleni Hrastnik, ki je ena izmed članic Mreže za energetske skupnosti.
focus.si/skupaj-kot-k...
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Za obnovljive vire v rokah ljudi!⚡️
Mreža za energetske skupnosti (MzES) povezuje slovenske energetske skupnosti in podporne organizacije v neformalno koalicijo, ki si bo prizadevala za izboljšanje zakonodaje, finančnih mehanizmov ter povečanje ozaveščenosti.
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Do you want to know more about the status of the community energy movement in Slovenia? Have a look at these #LifeCOMET insights!
👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
⚡ Good news from Slovenia! 🎉
🌞 A new community-owned solar PV installation was connected to the grid a few weeks ago!
Find out more [in Slovenian]! 👉 focus.si/v-hrastniku-...
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☀️ Croatia’s energy community movement is getting organized!
Learn about the Forum of Energy Communities — a national coalition advocating for 1 GW of community-led renewables by 2030.
👉 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
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🇵🇱 New on the #LifeCOMET blog tour: Poland’s Community Energy Coalition ⚡
🤝This newly formalised coalition is helping communities develop projects, reducing dependency on traditional energy suppliers and contributing to Poland's climate goals.
📖 Read more: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
🇪🇪 New on the #LifeCOMET blog tour: Estonia’s Energy Community Coalition ⚡
A growing grassroots alliance is shaping a community energy transition in Estonia, driven by advocacy, collaboration, & public engagement.
💬 Ingrid shares how the coalition is evolving: lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
⚡🤝 New on the #LifeCOMET blog tour: Hungary’s Community Energy Coalition.
An alliance is emerging to promote local renewables, collective action, and democratic energy.
💬 Ferenc Matisz from Solidarity Economy Center shares what is driving the movement.
🔗 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
✅Network for Energy Communities aims to play a pivotal role in:
⚡raising awareness about energy communities,
⚡providing technical and legal advice to initiatives, ⚡fostering collaboration among cooperatives, municipalities, NGOs, research institutions and renewable energy companies.
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⚡ Spotlight on Slovenia’s Energy Communities Coalition.
It brings together energy communities to share expertise and influence policy for a fairer energy transition.
🗨️ Božidar Roglič from Zeleni Hrastnik explains how it all works!
Read more:
🔗 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
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⚡🤝 Highlights from Romania’s Community Energy Coalition.
A fresh alliance is forming to support local renewable energy, fair policy, and energy democracy.
💬 Sava Camelia from Cooperativa de Energie shares the inside story.
Read more!
🔗 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
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⚡🤝 Greece’s Community Energy Coalition insights
🌱 Desmi is a newly established but rapidly growing alliance of energy communities, NGOs, experts, and academics.
Find out more in this conversation with its president, Dimitris Kitsikopoulos.
🔗 lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
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🎙️ Sandy Fameliari, EUSEW2025 Young Energy Ambassadors and project manager at Electra Energy, has explained the advantages of energy communities federations.
Read more about DESMI, the new Greek national coalition ➡️ lifecomet.rescoop.eu/news/energy-...
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