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.

woman holding a warm mug by a radiator
Getting started
Getting started
Image with blocks to imply progress of new skills loading
Getting started
Getting started
Drawing of a strategy plan
Getting started
Getting started
Getting started
Installing solar PV panels is one way energy communities can tackle energy poverty.
Getting started
Items in an Energy Efficiency Kit distributed by ZEZ.
Getting started
Putting energy solidarity into practice
Getting started
Energy solidarity to tackle energy poverty
Getting started
Getting started
Identify and engage
Identify and engage
Wooden blocks suggesting a network
Identify and engage
Men showing support for each other
Identify and engage
Identify and engage
Discussion group by an energy community in London, UK.
Identify and engage
Identify and engage
Wooden blocks suggesting a leader within a network of people.
Identify and engage
coffee and cookie
Act
Plug-in socket, electrical tape, LEDs for Cosy Kit
Act
Thermal image showing heat loss around windows in a home.
Act
Door blockers to reduce cold draughts between rooms.
Act
Solar panels on the roofs of apartment buildings.
Act
Electricity grid against the skyline.
Act
solar and wind power
Act
Electricity meter with solar PV panels in background.
Act
Girl working below a desk lamp.
Act
Woman mixing contents with an industrial mixer in a tub
Act
Act
Installing weather-stripping on a window.
Act
Image showing different routes to a target
Financing
One person giving money to another.
Financing
'Donate' button on a website.
Financing
Paper chain of people standing on coins to represent crowdfunding
Financing
European coins to reflect micro-donations
Financing
Two people shaking hands over a contract.
Financing
Hand turning on a power bar with multiple devices plugged in.
Financing
Financing
Financing
Woman looking at energy bill
policy paper stock
EU flags representing policy in Member States
flags at the European Commission
Basic principles of evaluation
Evaluate
Taking stock of efforts and impacts
Evaluate

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The CEES project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101026972.