Power to the people: Delivering energy justice through community energy

Right to Energy Forum 2022, January 24 to 28, 2022

January 2022

The video : 1:32:16

Across Europe, citizens are working together to create an energy system that puts people and planet first. Not just as passive consumers, but as change-makers and active participants.

Community energy initiatives can be an important step towards a just and inclusive energy transition. This interactive session showcased first-hand experiences of energy solidarity collectives.

Speakers in this session:

Miriam Eisermann - Energy Cities

Chris Vrettos - Electra Energy Cooperative

Kevin Chaplais - Les Amis d’Enercoop, (CEES)

Paula Damaška - Green Energy Cooperative, (CEES)

Lucie Middlemiss - University of Leeds, WELLBASED

Noemi Garcia Lepetit - Las Naves Valencia, WELLBASED and POWER UP

Heleen Schockaert - REScoop.eu, European is the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives, (CEES)

Dimitris Tsekeris - Friends of the Earth Europe

Marilyn Smith - The ENERGY ACTION Project (En-Act), (CEES)

26 January 2022