Inspiring Twinning, Replication and Good Practice

Author: Katy HALL, ENNEREG Communications Officer, CPL Scientific Publishing Services Ltd, United Kingdom -

This article describes ENNEREG Replication and Knowledge Transfer activities, including the first version of the Regions 202020 Inspiration Guide which is now available on this website. The guide aims to give you an overview of how to change your region into a Sustainable Energy Region that helps to ensure long term benefits for your Region, its stakeholders and citizens.

Also included are details of forthcoming ENNEREG events in Autumn/Winter 2012 and presentations from recent events.

Finally, it summarises a further 14 Good Practice case studies from ENNEREG Pioneer and Twin Regions in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Spain which have been added to the website in Spring/Summer 2012.

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Inspiring Twinning and Replication

The first version of the Regions 202020 Inspiration Guide is now available on this website. The guide aims to give you an overview of how to change your region into a Sustainable Energy Region that helps to ensure long term benefits for your Region, its stakeholders and citizens.

Image: General view of Šilutė from plane “Šarka” guided by radiowaves. Photographer: © Kęstutis Fedirka.

In 2012, ENNEREG has been using experience gained developing Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) in the Pioneer Regions to encourage replication in Twin and other regions throughout Europe. The ENNEREG Pioneer Regions have been working with their Twin Regions, some of whichhave created regional profiles on the Regions 202020 website, including details of their Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) and ENNEREG twinning activities.  Twin Regions include:

• EE: Tartu maakond - Twinned with SE: Blekinge
• ES: Castilla y León - Twinned with ES: Euskadi - Basque Country
• IE: Mid-West Region - Twinned with UK: Cymru - Wales
• LT: Šilutė Municipality - Twinned with LT: Kaunas County
• PT: Oeste - Twinned with PT: Madeira

The article also explains how you can use the Regions 202020 Network to share your own experience of becoming a Sustainable Energy Region or Local Community.

Read the complete Article in the ENNEREG E-Bulletin [EN] »

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ENNEREG Events and Presentations

As part of the ENNEREG Replication and Knowledge Transfer activities, the project partners are organising and/or making presentations at a number of forthcoming events in Autumn/Winter 2012. The events include:

• Regions 202020 Workshop and Technical Visits: Energy Efficiency in European Regions, 8 and 9 November 2012 in Bilbao, Spain

• Be SMART-think CITY! Workshop,  9 October 2012, Brussels, Belgium - Peter Lind, Executive Adviser at Triangle Region, is representing the ENNEREG project and the City of Vejle during this workshop as part of Open Days 2012
  
• 2nd Pomeranian Energy Days, 25–26 October 2012, Gdansk, Poland

Presentations of interest to local and regional sustainable energy communities are also available from a number of ENNEREG events earlier this year, including:

• ENNEREG International Conference: Transfer of knowledge in the field of sustainable use of energy and the ENNEREG Replication Workshop which took place on 22 and 23 May 2012 in Poznan, Poland
• Coherence between regional and local sustainable energy action plans, a presentation by ENNEREG Project partner, Álvaro Pérez de Laborda, EVE, Basque Country (Spain), 21 June 2012, Brussels Belgium
  
• Three Regional Training workshops, 24 and 25 May 2012, Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz), Germany [DE]

Details of these and other events from Sustainable Energy Communities projects and initiatives can be found in the Events Diary »

Presentations, videos, tools, methodologies, publications and other resources can be found on this website in the Database of Resources »

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14 New ENNEREG Good Practice Case Studies

A further 14 Good Practice case studies from ENNEREG Pioneer and Twin Regions in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Spain have been added to the website in Spring/Summer 2012, covering:

Renewable Energy: Óbidos Solar Project Oeste, Portugal; Multipurpose Socorridos System; Solid Waste Treatment Plant in Meia Serra;  EDEN Project - Porto Santo Island (Madeira, Portugal); Solar system for Domestic Hot Water (DHW) production in home for elderly people (Silistra, Bulgaria); Geothermal Exchange System (Basque Country, Spain); District Heating with biomass (Orozko, Spain)

Energy Efficient Buildings: Thermo-modernisation of the Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport (Pomerania Region, Poland [EN/PL]); Birštonas - Ecotown (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Energy Efficient Products: Efficient Lighting in the Residential Sector (Madeira, Portugal)

Sustainable Transport:  Electric car in Cruces Hospital (Basque Country, Spain)

Intelligent Energy Education:  Eco-driving courses (Basque Country, Spain); Kaunas City Christmas Trees (Kaunas, Lithuania); Energy Ambassador Campaign (Sofia and Silistra, Bulgaria)

Read the complete Article in the ENNEREG E-Bulletin [EN] »