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  • Ecoregions
    • Antwerp, Belgium
    • Nyborg, Denmark
    • Bergamo, Italy
    • They promote their regional energy cooperation
  • Tools
    • Self Assessment Tool
    • Legal Decision Support Tool
    • Energy Management Platform
  • Knowledge Hub
    • Use Cases
    • Serious Board Game
    • Training materials
  • Downloads
  • News & Events
  • About Us
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Ecoregion Development

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  • Scale: Local community
  • Energy cooperation kind: District cooling, District heating, Electricity
  • Described aspects: Social/ Managerial
  • Target group: Policy makers, Project managers (Park/ ESCO)
  • Expertise level: Intermediate
  • Course material type: Presentation
  • Language: English

The establishment of an energy cooperation project is a complex process requiring different stakeholders, skills, and knowledge in various project phases. Managing such a project is seen as a time intensive and difficult task. The R-ACES consortium would like to ease this managing task by providing tools and templates that help energy professionals with this task. Of course, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for all potential managerial issues. The management of such multi-stakeholder processes depends on very local conditions. Nevertheless, we would like to help managers to make better decisions regarding the establishment of their energy cooperation project; e.g. who to involve, what steps one should go through, how to create motivation and/or how to set up an action plan. The templates provided here help you with your energy cooperation project.

Define the ecoregion

An ecoregion? What is that? Ecoregions consist of an industrial park or business park linked to its surroundings by energy cooperation activities. ​An ecoregion relies on an anchor organisation responsible for managing the area. The proximity of stakeholders ensures the interconnected energy flows. In this lesson, you are going to define your region!

Define your ecoregion and get insight in your energy cooperation potential.

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Define the ecoregion

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Formulate shared vision

A shared vision is important to develop a shared language between the involved stakeholders & to maintain focus on the energy cooperation goal

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Formulate shared vision

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Stakeholder identification

This exercise helps you to make a comprehensive overview of the relevant stakeholders within your region.

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Stakeholder identification

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Create action plans for energy cooperation

Creating an action plan helps you to ensure focus on small tasks and decisions that are oriented toward accomplishing your bigger goals.

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Action plans for energy cooperation

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The process of establishing an energy cooperation project

Information and exercises to help you in defining what type of energy cooperation trajectory is most suitable for your region.

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Establishing an energy cooperation project

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Assessment tool

To determine the next step for your ecoregion

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Assessment Tool

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R-ACES

We create ecoregions where heat/cold is exchanged, smart energy management systems and renewables are used to reduce emissions by at least 10%.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 892429

The dissemination of any results reflects only the author’s view. The Agency and the European Commission are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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