DECIDE

The concept of energy community aims to drive citizens’ participation in the energy system. As a result, it is essential to better understand the processes of establishment and management of energy communities. The EU-funded DECIDE project will identify which kind of communications and interactions are suitable for encouraging participation in energy communities and which kinds of individuals and groups they should address. It focuses on three groups of energy communities: those existing at the beginning of the project, those that will be introduced during the project’s process, and those not directly involved in the project but benefiting from it. The three groups will provide complementary and geographically well-spread pilots such as social housing and middle-class and upper-class quarters in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Greece, France and the Netherlands.

Duration: 1 June 2020 - 31 May 2023