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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) |
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| ENTRAIN | Enhancing renewable heat planning for improving the air quality of communities https://programme2014-20.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/ENTRAIN.html | INTERREG Central Europe 2014-2020 | 2019-2022 | District heating systems fed by heat produced from renewable sources and focusing on quality has been one of the main objectives of the ENTRAIN project: building on existing experiences and collecting available knowledge to foster the diffusion of RES DH plants operating on quality standards and thus assuring economic and environmental sustainability. | district heating, renewable energy, toolkit, training, energy planning | Ambiente Italia Italy | Chiara Lazzari info@ambienteitalia.it; chiara.lazzari@ambienteitalia.it |
| REEF 2W | https://programme2014-20.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/REEF-2W.html | INTERREG Central Europe 2014-2020 | 2017-2020 | The REEF2W project aimed at developing and implementing solutions for increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy production in public infrastructures. REEF2W pursued this objective by combining and integrating the relevant public infrastructures of municipal solid waste chain with the waste water treatment plants (WWTP), and by upgrading their input mix and their energy outputs. | energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste heat, municipality | ENEA - Italian National Agency New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development Italy | Roberto Farina roberto.farina@enea.it |
| RURES | Promote the Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency in Rural Regions https://programme2014-20.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/RURES.html | INTERREG Central Europe 2014-2020 | 2017-2020 | A rapidly growing world population and increasing energy consumption are leading to a continuous rise of greenhouse gas emissions. Resulting climate change and extreme weather events represent one of the greatest challenges in Europe. RURES sets to exploit the potential of renewable energies (RES) and energy efficiency (EE) in rural regions as they have a great potential for reaching energy autonomy. Within RURES local support group composed of all relevant actors will be established acting as a regional energy network for implementing energy efficiency plans. | renewable energy, energy efficiency, rural regions, energy autonomy | Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH (Project Manager) Germany | Julia Binder binder@aufbauwerk-leipzig.com |
| ZEB4ZEN | Zero energy buildings for zero energy neighbourhoods https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/zeb4zen/ | INTERREG Central Europe 2021-2027 | 2023-2026 | Public zero-energy buildings produce enough renewable energy to meet their own annual energy consumption requirements. They help regions and cities to save energy and money. But what to do in historic neighbourhoods with rigid building protection rules? The ZEB4ZEN project develops a transferrable transnational methodology and regional action plans for achieving zero-emission standards, which they also test in pilot actions in historic city neighbourhoods. | net zero energy building, renewable energy, historic, urban planning, public buildings | Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar Croatia | Matija Vajdić mvajdic@eihp.hr |
| 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 |
| 3SMART | Smart Building - Smart Grid - Smart City https://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/3smart | INTERREG Danube Transnational Programme 2014-2020 | 2017-2019 | The main objective of the 3Smart project is to provide a technological and legislative setup for cross-spanning energy management of buildings, grids and major city infrastructures in the Danube Region. It will provide optimal economical value to energy-efficiency and renewable energy investment in the building and at the same time it will result in optimized costs on the grid side whereas grid and buildings will also interact through exchanging energy and prices data. This is expected to motivate installation of distributed storages in both buildings and grids for improving energy security in the Danube Region. | 3D energy management system, energy planning, energy-efficiency, renewable energy, public buildings, grid | University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Croatia | Mario Vasak mario.vasak@fer.hr |
| CSSC LAB | City Storage and Sector Coupling Lab https://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/cssc-lab | INTERREG Danube Transnational Programme 2014-2020 | 2020-2022 | Based on a recent study published by EUSDR PA2 renewables will provide 50% of SEE power demand in 2030. With higher levels of utilization of RES energy storage is becoming the key in the next phase of the energy transition in all Danube countries. Even in the most advanced regions the introduction of innovative energy storage and sector coupling applications has just started to gain momentum. As these challenges particularly hit medium-sized and smaller cities, adequate City Storage and Sector Coupling (CSSC) solutions are needed to ensure efficient energy use and increased energy security. CSSC Lab will prepare the ground for accelerating the up-take of CSSC solutions by Danube region cities which is at very low level because of public authorities possess little knowledge and shy the risks of investment. To overcome this barrier, the CSSC Lab project will implement a capacity building programme for municipalities and demonstrate the viability of CSSC solutions for medium-sized and smaller cities in the Danube region. | energy storage, renewable energy, municipality, training | North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agenca Croatia | hmaras@regea.org |
| Danup-2-Gas | DanuP-2-Gas: Innovative model to drive energy security and diversity in the Danube Region via combination of bioenergy with surplus renewable energy https://dtp.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danup-2-gas | INTERREG Danube Transnational Programme 2014-2020 | 2020-2022 | In line with the EU climate targets for 2030 and the EUSDR PA2 goals DanuP-2-Gas will advance transnational energy planning by promoting generation and storage strategies for renewables in the Danube Region by coupling the electric power and gas sector. DanuP-2-Gas will bring together energy agencies, business actors, public authorities and research institutions via the Danube Energy Platform. | renewable energy, energy storage, strategy, web platform | Technology Centre Energy - University of Applied Sciences Landshut Germany | Tim Bieringer Tim.bieringer@haw-landshut.de |
| Danube Indeet | Integrated and decentralised concept rethinking energy and transport systems based on renewable energy in the Danube region https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/danube-indeet | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | Danube Indeet will facilitate the expansion and implementation of renewable energy in the Danube region. Renewable energy expansion requires extension of the electricity grid, which often cannot be carried out at the same pace. Thus, the fluctuating electricity needs to be stored and utilised outside the electric grid to a certain extent. Danube Indeet tackles these issues by providing an integrated concept considering both the energy and transport systems in the Danube region. A viable way is the intelligent integration of electric vehicles as mobile storage solutions, commonly refered to as "vehicle-to-grid", and electrolysis for green hydrogen production.The integration of both concepts can support the expansion of renewable energy application, produced and consumed locally, which supports energy security and independence, while also reducing GHG emissions in the energy sector. However, the implementation requires extensive analyses and modelling to ensure that the concept is economically viable, legally secure, efficient and sustainable in the long run. | renewable energy, energy storage, hydrogen, transport | Landshut University of Applied Science Germany | Astrid Heindel Astrid.Heindel@haw-landshut.de |
| 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 |
| REHEATEAST | Building local partnerships for reducing the fossil energy demand of district heating systems in the Eastern Danube Region https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/reheateast | Interreg Danube Region Programme 2021-2027 | 2024-2026 | REHEATEAST aims to reduce DHC systems’ fossil energy demand and to integrate renewable energy and waste heat. It shall encourage multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral, public-private cooperation and develop, test, promote and distribute applicable (process, technical and nature-based) solutions catalysing and supporting the implementation of large-scale building and systems rehabilitation programs, as well as climate adaptation measures. Transnational cooperation enables the adaptation of existing good practices in similar contexts, and the joint development of adaptable cooperation and optimisation models focused on integrating digitalisation, standardisation, certification and green procurement opportunities, involving all relevant stakeholders (incl. public authorities, consumers, financial institutions, utilities, media, technology suppliers and construction firms). Developed models are tested in pilot actions. | district heating, heating-cooling, energy poverty, waste heat, renewable energy, | Pannon European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Hungary | Judit Kis-Pongrácz judit.kispongracz@pannonegtc.eu |
| 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 |