The CEES Energy Solidarity Toolkit is packed with information on how energy communities (ECs) can build solidarity measures into their core activities. CEES Partners offer tips and insights across the following themes:
- Getting started outlines preparatory steps ECs should take such as ‘onboarding’ new skills and setting up systems.
- Identify and engage covers both working with people in vulnerability and partners who can help you connect with them.
- Act describes specific ways to practise energy solidarity, as well as challenges that CEES Partners encountered along the way.
- Financing offers new ideas for raising funds to enable energy solidarity.
- Legal and regulatory highlights how EU, national or local policies can help or hinder ECs.
- Evaluate provides some basic information on what to evaluate, why and how.