Boosting green electricity in 11 European regions

The project - which started on January 1, 2005 - aims at boosting electricity production from renewable energy sources and the use of green electricity in 11 European regions by defining concrete regional RES-e targets and developing and implementing regional RES-e strategies. The project will identify the main barriers (such as administrative obstacles, public opposition, grid access, lack of information and frequent changes in funding regimes) and address them all through well targeted information and promotional activities, thereby significantly increasing regional RES-e shares.
Local action is essential to achieve the targets set by the RES-e Directive: not only are many initiatives for new RES-e installations started on local level but also some of the main obstacles can only be overcome regionally and locally. The project will ideally complement the legal action taken by the Member States in implementing the RES-e Directive.
The consortium covers the following 11 regions, from 9 countries, with over 28 mio inhabitants: Andalucia, Castilla y Leon, Copenhagen, Liguria, Navarra, Rhône-Alpes, Saarland, Slovenia, Upper Austria, Västra Götaland and Wales, and two European federations: Fedarene and Eref. The project which is co-ordinated by the O.Ö. Energiesparverband from Austria is supported by the “Intelligent Energy - Europe" Programme of the European Commission.

The complete results of the project are available on: www.res-regions.info 
 

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