This report provides a set of detailed policy recommendations of the Life COMET project around four position statements on the following topics: Formal recognition of energy communities' coalitions at the national level, Unlocking the funding for energy communities, Energy communities and energy sharing, Enabling Energy Sharing for a Fair, Democratic and Decentralised Energy System & Tackling energy poverty through energy communities.
This report provides policy recommendations for the effective implementation of an enabling framework for community energy, building on the European Commission’s 2026 Citizens Energy Package, including the Recommendation on energy communities and its accompanying Energy Communities Action Plan. Drawing on experience from seven European countries, it highlights the role of national coalitions and other secondary structures in strengthening policy dialogue, support services, access to finance, stakeholder cooperation, and long-term sustainability.
The Capacity Building Report details the methodology and capacity building events developed and deployed throughout the Life COMET project in order to replicate good practices for building national coalitions of energy communities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Lithuania.
This toolkit provides operational guidance and modular tools to design, launch, and scale Community Energy Service Points. Supporting organisations in overcoming barriers to citizen-led energy initiatives, adapting to local contexts, and accelerating the deployment of energy communities through very practical, actionable resources such as checklists, templates and service design tools.
This report presents a set of 7 national roadmaps, outlining how community energy coalitions can support the growth, resilience, and long-term integration of energy communities in Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia. By combining country-specific trajectories with a cross-cutting European perspective, this report provides both practical guidance and strategic insight for organisations working to strengthen community energy ecosystems.
The toolkit supports the advancement of energy community maturity levels by gathering a selection of existing toolkits, strategies, and reference documents. It equips project partners, energy communities, national coalitions, policymakers, and NGOs with knowledge and practical tools to strengthen local initiatives, improve policy frameworks, and promote inclusive and just energy transitions.
The National Community Energy Coalitions report is an inspirational guide for the starting up phase of such initiatives. It includes in-depth description of the national coalitions created in the seven pilot countries of the Life COMET project: Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.
The maturity level of energy communities development and operation was assessed across seven partner countries: Croatia, Greece, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia.
Community energy is key to action on the climate crisis, boosting local economies, and reinvigorating communities. But how to make it happen? This handbook walks you through it, step by step.
The Life Comet project has received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union.
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