Blog
Keep up to date with the latest news and events about our project, and our partners.
October 28 - 2026
ENERGY4ALL? Public talks and panel discussion on Positive Energy Districts in Stavanger and Europe!
The ENERGY4ALL project hosts European partners for a consortium meeting to close three years of successful collaborative research and innovation on Positive Energy Districts, or PEDs. Across Norway, Austria, Italy and Hungary, we have piloted and researched PEDs as part of growing momentum for renewable energy communities in European cities and neighbourhoods.
October 28 - 2026
Understanding the Energy Transition: A Playful Approach to Expanding Renewable Energy
This article describes a playful approach to getting familiar with different renewable energy technologies, the selection of suitable or possible sites, and the energy demand of Austrian municipaliti
October 21 - 2026
What It’s Like Working with Energy Communities in Austria: An Insider’s View with Cornelia Desimini
Cornelia Desimini, deputy chair of EEG Verbund Lipizzanerheimat, explains how Austrian energy communities keep money in the region, and why their biggest challenge is finding enough consumers and a more diverse membership.
October 9 - 2026
4th Energy Community Conference, Community Energy: New Opportunities?
On 7 October, our Energy4All partner, the Centre for Solidarity Economy (SZGK), co-organised the 4th Energy Community Conference, Community Energy: New Opportunities?, together with Transzformátor and the Hungarian Federation of Energy Communities.
September 14 - 2026
New policy article
Fostering sustainability transformation through effective collaboration among stakeholders” explores how collaboration among stakeholders can support sustainability transformation, and what factors enable or hinder effective collaboration and collective action.
July 22 - 2026
The Energy Transition Game empowers kids for a sustainable future – Workshops by BOKU & Austrian ECs schools
The "Energy Transition Game" transformed the elementary school in Ligist, Styria, into a renewable energy hotspot through workshops developed by BOKU University as part of Energy4all, focusing on knowledge transfer, raising awareness and community building among children, teachers and parents.
March 11 - 2026
The Human Cost of Net-Zero: Analyzing Stavanger’s Hillevåg PED Project
Stavanger’s Hillevåg Positive Energy District aims to produce a surplus of renewable energy while supporting climate-neutral urban living. However, the project also reveals socio-economic tensions between ambitious sustainability goals and local concerns about preservation and community impacts.
February 20 - 2026
Key takeaways from the ENERGY4ALL consortium meeting in Rome
This year's consortium meeting in Rome was designed around participatory methodologies, including co-creation and gamification exercises, fostering an interactive and collaborative environment that encouraged collective reflection and forward-looking planning.
January 23 - 2026
Resource Analysis and Conceptual Planning of Co-Designed Interventions: Mid-Term Insights from Energy4All
The report offers a twofold contribution: a KPI-based evaluation framework and insights from the first co-design workshop held at Kazán on 23 April 2025.
January 23 - 2026
Transition Arenas — Systems Mapping Report
This report provides a structured, comparative analysis of how energy communities and related energy-sharing initiatives operate as complex systems shaped by interactions between social actors, technical infrastructures, economic incentives, and institutional frameworks.
December 2 - 2025
Drastic reduction in heavy industry carbon emissions at Felleskjøpet in Stavanger Municipality!
During a full-day seminar, Energ4all Norwegian partners received a guided tour of the massive new biomass plant at the Felleskjøpet factory. This site visit marked a major project milestone, highlighting how the 6 MWp facility—built with an investment of more than €10 million—now uses oat hulls to produce steam for feed manufacturing, achieving an approximate 90% reduction in carbon emissions since May 2025.
October 30 - 2025
3rd Community Energy Conference – Business Models, Regulation, Citizen Participation
Hungary’s community energy movement is gaining momentum — and the 3rd Community Energy Conference in Budapest asked what it really takes to turn shared generation, fair regulation, and citizen participation into everyday reality.
