As energy prices have surged throughout Europe, affecting all households (directly or indirectly) through their
energy bill, citizens increasingly want to contribute to the renewable energy transition. Next to market parties
and government, the role of citizens in energy communities (ECs) in developing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs)
can and should be strengthened, and wider groups of citizens can be involved. From this shared problem and
understanding, this project wants to create and co-develop P2P citizens-based support and information systems
that are inclusive of energy vulnerable groups and which fosters active energy citizenship. Moreover, PEDs need
to be embedded within the wider energy system by creating reliable entities such as organized ECs with
intermediary roles, linking supply, demand, and storage in the energy market. By zooming out, the project
develops new concepts for strategic spatial energy planning through co-creation with neighborhoods and
community networks in the wider urban region. In COPPER (Creating, Optimizing and Planning Positive EneRgy
districts: connecting citizens' energy at different geographical levels) local ECs in Portugal, the Netherlands,
Denmark and Norway share experiences in an interdisciplinary and intersectoral way. Concretely, this project
facilitates P2P support systems, models energy markets and improves strategic and integrated spatial energy
planning.
As energy prices have surged throughout Europe, affecting all households (directly or indirectly) through their
energy bill, citizens increasingly want to contribute to the renewable energy transition. Next to market parties
and government, the role of citizens in energy communities (ECs) in developing Positive Energy Districts (PEDs)
can and should be strengthened, and wider groups of citizens can be involved. From this shared problem and understanding, this project wants to create and co-develop P2P citizens-based support and information systems
that are inclusive of energy vulnerable groups and which fosters active energy citizenship. Moreover, PEDs need
to be embedded within the wider energy system by creating reliable entities such as organized ECs with
intermediary roles, linking supply, demand, and storage in the energy market. By zooming out, the project
develops new concepts for strategic spatial energy planning through co-creation with neighborhoods and
community networks in the wider urban region. In COPPER (Creating, Optimizing and Planning Positive EneRgy
districts: connecting citizens’ energy at different geographical levels) local ECs in Portugal, the Netherlands,
Denmark and Norway share experiences in an interdisciplinary and intersectoral way. Concretely, this project
facilitates P2P support systems, models energy markets and improves strategic and integrated spatial energy
planning.