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Las Rozas completes its Energy Self-Consumption Plan: Over 3,000 solar panels installed across 30 municipal buildings

All data gathered is integrated in real time into the city's Smart City Platform, enabling monitoring of both energy production and consumption The Las Rozas City Council has reached one of the major milestones in its strategy as a smart city and a benchmark in energy efficiency. The city has just taken a huge step…

energy efficiency, Las Rozas Innova, photovoltaics, Smart City, solar energy, Sustainability

Building the future of solar power, one tile at a time

LUMINOSITY develops the first-ever flexible perovskite solar roof tile The EU-funded LUMINOSITY(opens in new window) project recently reached a groundbreaking milestone in renewable energy technology. Coordinated by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), this initiative has successfully delivered what is believed to be the world’s first electrically functioning flexible perovskite solar roof tile.…

Renewable energy solutions for a sustainable and circular economy

ECOLOOP’s innovative tools and processes are tackling the challenges of energy, biodiversity and social development in rural areas The EU-funded ECOLOOP(opens in new window) project is demonstrating how rural areas can help drive Europe’s transition to a green economy. By developing solutions that optimise the combined use of renewable energy sources (RESs) in agricultural areas,…

Las Rozas begins the installation of nearly 1,800 photovoltaic panels across 15 additional public buildings

This is the second phase of the Energy Efficiency Plan, which will involve the total installation of more than 3,000 panels in 30 public buildings Las Rozas takes a new step on its way to a zero-emissions commitment with the start of work on the second phase of the Las Rozas Solar Plan, the ambitious…

energy efficiency, Las Rozas, Las Rozas Innova, Smart City, solar energy, Sustainability

Europe’s first renewable energy valley wins prize

REFORMERS receives the 2025 World Hydrogen Award for its innovative contributions to regional energy resilience and autonomy The EU-funded REFORMERS(opens in new window) project was recently bestowed the 2025 World Hydrogen Award for its clean hydrogen initiative. Presented at the World Hydrogen 2025 Summit & Exhibition held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the award recognises the…

EU funding, Renewable Energy, Smart Grids

Providing sustainable energy solutions for local communities

Two EU-backed projects show local energy communities the path to energy autonomy and sustainability In 2021, the EU-funded SERENE and SUSTENANCE projects set out to develop sustainable energy systems that ensure a green transition for local communities. They sought to create more efficient, integrated, cost-effective and customer-centric solutions that could enhance communities’ energy autonomy. Today,…

energy efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sustainability

Expert Comment: What is the role of community energy systems in achieving universal energy access?

Dr Alycia Leonard, Senior Research Associate in Energy Systems, and Professor Stephanie Hirmer, Associate Professor in Climate Compatible Growth, both from Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science, discuss the challenges and opportunities in using community energy systems to bring energy access to areas that the grid cannot reach. In the UK, we often take access to energy…

Community Engagement, energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development

Enabling interoperability and seamless data exchange in the energy sector

INTERSTORE presents a new framework to accelerate the integration of data spaces in the energy industry An energy data space framework developed within the EU-funded INTERSTORE project is expected to play a pivotal role in accelerating the integration of data spaces within the energy sector. The framework is described in a recent article posted on…

Revolutionizing Green Hydrogen Production with Robust Carbon Fabric Electrocatalysts

Published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) on May 15, this study has been selected as a supplementary coverage image A groundbreaking technology has been developed to address the limitations of current catalyst electrodes, resulting in the production of green hydrogen on a large scale and at a relatively low cost. Led…

The Hydropower Renaissance in Europe

The EU drive towards green energy is seeking to harness a traditionally clean power source – with some tweaks Dr Jeremy Bricker, a hydraulics and coastal engineer, is dreaming big. Somewhere on the North Sea coast, he imagines construction of a dam to manage the supply of clean energy to Europe’s “lowlands”. Dam good Bricker…