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NEWCOMERS Final policy recommendations available

Sep 23, 2022
Based on 3 years of research on the role of new clean energy communities in the European energy transitions – What steps does the NEWCOMERS consortium recommend policy makers to take?
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Our final event: Putting people at the heart of energy transitions

May 12, 2022
Joined by our three sister projects, we have carried out a wonderful event, highlighting the need to put people in the heart of energy transition.
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How policies can put people at the heart of energy transitions: a Policy Brief

Apr 28, 2022
NEWCOMERS and three of its sister projects are proud to present a Joint Policy Brief on how policy makers can better put people at the heart of energy transitions.
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Putting people at the heart of energy transition: programme and speakers

Apr 15, 2022
NEWCOMERS, together with our sister project and coorganizers SONNET, SocialRES and COMETS are pleased to reveal the programme and speakers for the upcoming Putting people at the heart of energy transitions online conference!
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NEWCOMERS final consortium meeting in Oxford

Apr 7, 2022
The NEWCOMERS team has finally, after three years, met in person again. This time, our destination was Oxford.
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Energy Literacy for Energy Communities: a brand new NEWCOMERS handbook

Mar 17, 2022
Welcome to Energy Literacy for Energy Communities, a handbook created by the NEWCOMERS project. The handbook offers an introduction to some of the concepts and considerations relating to energy communities and their role in the energy system.
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Join our final event: “Putting people at the heart of energy transitions”

Mar 11, 2022
NEWCOMERS will be joining forces with three of our sister projects – SocialRES, COMETS, and SONNET – to host a joint conference. Save the Date and register today to join us online on 28–29 April 2022.
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Fresh off the press: “New clean energy communities in polycentric settings: Four avenues for future research”

Oct 4, 2021
The NEWCOMERS’ team’s reflection on a research agenda on clean energy communities has been published in Energy Research & Social Science
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NEWCOMERS project steps into the world of Open Education

Oct 1, 2021
The NEWCOMERS project has attended several global Open Education events in the month of September, where we presented our Open Education plans and activities. The project was represented by Mojca Drevenšek, our communications partner.
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NEWCOMERS in Virtual Essen

Sep 30, 2021
After a few summer months, it was high time for another NEWCOMERS consortium reunion, where we discussed the progress made so far and decided upon the activities in the final stage of the project.
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NEWCOMERS Annual Meeting 2021

Jun 17, 2021
On June 15, the NEWCOMERS consortium reunited after seven months to reflect and discuss the projects achievements and future plans.
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NEWCOMERS mid-term review meeting

Feb 19, 2021
On February 9 the NEWCOMERS consortium was invited for its first virtual review meeting where the achievements and overall progress of the first 18 months of the project were evaluated and discussed with project officer Manuela Conconi from INEA.
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Our Energy launched!

Dec 1, 2020
We have launched the Our Energy, an online platform for education, awareness-raising, and networking, focusing on new clean energy communities, energy transitions and related topics.
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Insights from the NEWCOMERS midterm meeting, 18/19 November 2020

Nov 20, 2020
Halfway through the project, the NEWCOMERS consortium had a successful 2-days mid-term meeting to take stock of what has been achieved in the first half of the project and to define the agenda for the second half of the project.
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NEWCOMERS informal midterm meeting

Nov 18, 2020
The NEWCOMERS project has successfully arrived halfway through its lifetime and the consortium partners will virtually meet on an informal mid-term meeting in the beautiful eLund, Sweden, on 18 and 19 November.
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NEWCOMERS Annual Meeting

Jun 16, 2020
Almost one year has passed since the kick-off meeting in July 2019 in Ljubljana! A good reason for the NEWCOMERS consortium to virtually reunite for the 2020 annual meeting on June 17-18.
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NEWCOMERS PROJECT FIRST DIGITAL NEWSLETTER

May 15, 2020
Our project’s first digital newsletter is out where we are opening the dialogue with our participating energy communities, our stakeholders, with you and everyone who is interested in exploring new clean energy communities with us.
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3rd Contrators' Workshop on Social Sciences and Humanities

Sep 27, 2019
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NEWCOMERS @ European Research and Innovation Days

Sep 26, 2019
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Energy Communities @ 16th IAEE European Conference

Aug 28, 2019
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Kick-off meeting in Ljubljana

Jul 4, 2019
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Pre kick-off: Newcomers at EU sustainable Energy week

Jun 18, 2019
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Newcomers communication started

Jun 3, 2019
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Newcomers project has officialy started

Jun 1, 2019
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