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?

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.

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.

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!

The NEWCOMERS team has finally, after three years, met in person again. This time, our destination was Oxford.

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.

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.

The NEWCOMERS’ team’s reflection on a research agenda on clean energy communities has been published in Energy Research & Social Science

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.

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.

On June 15, the NEWCOMERS consortium reunited after seven months to reflect and discuss the projects achievements and future plans.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.