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action plan, agriculture, airport, air quality, best practices, biomass, carbon storage, citizen involvement, district heating, ecological coridor, education, energy autonomy, energy community,
energy efficiency, energy planning, energy poverty, energy storage, energy renovation, energy transition, financial model, freight mobility, geothermal energy, governance, green technology, grid, heating-cooling, historic, hydrocarbon wells, hydrogen, ICT tool,
industry, lighting, local authority, logistics, low carbon, mobility, municipality, navigation, net zero energy building, policy, public authority, public buildings, public transport, renewable energy, renovation, rural regions, smart grid, SME, solar energy, strategy,
toolkit, training, transport, urban planning, vessel transport, waste heat, waterway transport, web platform, 3D energy management system
| Project ancronym | Project full title | Program | Duration | Objectives | Keywords | LP organisation | LP contact (name) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JETforCE | Just Energy Transition for Central Europe https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/jetforce/ | INTERREG Central Europe 2021-2027 | 2023-2026 | With increasing energy prices, social aspects of the green energy transition have moved into focus. There is broad consensus that the transition has to be just and fair. Ideally, future energy policies and investments are co-created with citizens. The JETforCE project helps regions to better involve their citizens digitally. The partnership tests and validates two novel solutions for digital citizen engagement in policy-making and to evaluate technologies through a "just transition lense". | energy transition, citizen involvment, governance, ICT tool | BORA 94 Bodros-Abaúj-Zemplén County Development Agency Nonprofit LLC Hungary | Katalin Hall hall.katakin@mfu.hu |
| TRANSGEO | Transforming abandoned wells for geothermal energy production https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/transgeo/ | INTERREG Central Europe 2021-2027 | 2023-2026 | The fossil fuels industry is declining in central Europe and leaves behind countless gas and oil wells. The TRANSGEO project is turning this environmental problem into an opportunity: it investigates the potentials of such abandoned infrastructures for producing and storing green geothermal energy. The partnership develops a transnational strategy and regional action plans to give a second life to the wells and tests their repurposing potential in local pilot actions. | hydrocarbon wells, geohermal energy, energy transition, strategy, action plan | Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences Germany | Hannes Hofmann hannes.hofmann@gfz-potsdam.de |
| HEAT-35 | Transforming district heating systems of Central Europe into sustainable and efficient heating and cooling systems by 2035 https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/heat-35/ | INTERREG Central Europe 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | Many district heating systems in central Europe still rely heavily on fossil fuels. New approaches utilize various heat sources but are complex to implement. The HEAT 35 project supports eight regions and cities in the transition process to run their district heating systems on 50% of renewables and waste heat by 2035. The partners involve district heating operators and experts to design new solutions. They also prepare guidelines and tools for the operators to implement these solutions, supported by a quality management system that helps to ensure that emission standards are respected. | district heating, waste heat, renewable energy, energy transition | Energy institute Hrvoje Požar Croatia | Ilja Drmač idrmac@eihp.hr |
| Hercules-CE | Enhancing the energy transition in Central Europe with the support of renewable energy communities https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/hercules-ce/ | INTERREG Central Europe 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | Central Europe is phasing out fossil fuels but related costs remain high. Extensive investments in renewables and energy efficiency are needed. Renewable energy communities (REC) can help with that. They enable collective and citizen-driven actions, such as the production and sharing of renewable energy. The HERCULES-CE project promotes the introduction of these communities strategically and in local pilot actions. The partners test innovative data-driven approaches to evaluate the business models of new and existing communities. The partners also monitor and evaluate the communities’ environmental impacts and their potentials for reducing energy poverty. | renewable energy, energy transition, energy efficiency, citizen involvment, energy community, financial model, energy poverty | Emilia-Romagna Region Italy | Roberto Sandrini sandrini@sandriniroberto.it |
| HyEfRe | Hydrogen integration for efficient renewable energy systems https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/hyefre/ | INTERREG Central Europe 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | HyEfRe will counteract challenges related to low integration and balancing of fluctuating renewable energy sources (wind and photovoltaic), suboptimal energy efficiency and lack of carbon-neutrality in CE energy systems, resulting in high energy prices and climate change. The project will lead to the establishment of hydrogen ecosystems in the participating regions, supporting uptake of solutions and strategies, considering all stakeholders. Our consortium consists of research institutes, energy/regional development agencies and SMEs experienced in renewable energy and hydrogen integration, modelling, optimization & IT, legal/economic assessment and stakeholder engagement. HyEfRe will advance the timely energy transition towards carbon-neutrality and result in decentralized new jobs, increasing prosperity and ensuring Europe's leading role in the renewable energy sector. | hydrogen, renewable energy, energy storage, strategy, energy transition | Landshut University of Applied Sciences Germany | Sebastian Arjona sebastian.arjona-bocaz@haw-landshut.de |
| Danube GeoHeCo | https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/danube-geoheco | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | Energy power systems in the Danube Region are mainly based on fossil fuels. To sever energy dependence and confront climate change, municipalities, regions, governments and the EU are forced to reconsider their energy supplies and shift to renewable energies (RE). Switching fossil fuel based heating and cooling (HC) systems to geothermal (or other renewables) is a long, capital intensive process and the availability of most base-load RES is confined regionally. The Danube GeoHeCo project identifies this problem and intends to increase the use of one RES that is available throughout Europe with very little geographical limitations and low CAPEX: that of shallow geothermal energy (SGE) through the integration of SG solutions into existing HC systems. | geothermal energy, heating cooling, energy transition | Medjimurje Energy Agency Ltd. Croatia | Danijela VRTARIĆx danijela.vrtaric@menea.hr |
| DECA | The Danube Energy Communities Accelerator https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/deca | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | The Danube Energy Communities Accelerator (DECA) project aims to test how citizen-led renewable energy actions can be accelerated across the Danube Region; making a meaningful impact on the region’s transition to higher renewable energy use, energy independence, climate neutrality, and prosperity. Accelerating renewable energy uptake is critical to reducing dependency on imported fossil fuels and reducing the vulnerability of communities in the Danube Region. Currently, available renewable energy resources in the region are underutilised - when they provide ample opportunities for increasing energy security, local prosperity and moving the region towards climate neutrality. | energy community, renewable energy, citizen involvment,energy transition | Energy and Climate Agency of Podravje Slovenia | Nina Taylor nina@ezavod.si |
| NRGCOM | Creating appropriate operational conditions for renewable energy communities in the Danube Region https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/nrgcom | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | The Danube Region relies heavily on imported, fossil-fuel energy sources, which raises environmental, efficiency and security concerns. The concept of renewable energy communities (RECs) is not widely known in the region, and their operation is often hampered by legal, internal operational, infrastructural or technical barriers. The overall goal of NRGCOM is to enhance the spread of energy communities by creating an appropriate environment for their proper functioning in the Danube Region | energy community, renewable energy, citizen involvment,energy transition | South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Hungary | Réka Zulauf nrgcom@ddriu.hu |
| SMEnergy | Service centres and transformation path for a bigger share of renewable energy use of SMEs https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/smenergy | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | SMEnergy project aims to create a pilot network of regional/countrywide service centers in order to support energy-intensive SMEs in accelerating the transition to adopting renewable energies. Corresponding outputs can be achieved only through transnational collaboration: an energy transition roadmap providing answers to diverse company maturity & situations, as well as the model operation of Green Energy Knowledge, Operation and Service Hubs (GEKOS), assuring single-channel service, equipped with a cross-border green energy database and marketplace. Due to scalability, we must meet the needs of SMEs that are only just considering their energy transition, but also those that are already at the forefront of this. The final aim of the project is to create both national and transnational strategies/toolkits on how the diverse SME segments can be better supported in the increased use of renewables. | energy transition, SME, renewable energy | Local Energy Agency Spodnje Podravje Slovenia | Tea Potočnik tea.potocnik@lea-ptuj.si |
| StoreMore | https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/storemore | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | Energy storage is key to unlocking renewable power's full potential. Our groundbreaking project targets the critical challenge of energy storage within the Danube Region, specifically focusing on the environmental impacts of current storage methods and the need for more sustainable alternatives. | energy storage, renewable energy, energy transition | Békéscsaba, City of County Rank Hungary | Jenő Szécsi szecsi.jeno@bcsenergia.hu |