GRETA

Project code: GA101022317

Programme: Horizon 2020

Call: H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020

The GRETA project aims to improve understanding of the conditions of and barriers to energy citizenship emergence. Energy citizenship has come to represent a form of active participation within energy systems that ultimately supports local and global decarbonisation goals. It can manifest in many different ways, such as individual homeowners choosing renewable energy solutions or electric vehicles, participation in energy communities, or advocating for climate change. But not everyone can participate. This can be due to a range of factors, including being unaware of issues or their practical solutions; being excluded from debates and decision-making; being prevented from taking action due to lack of resources or power. Through a multinational survey and six participatory case studies, GRETA will develop frameworks and models aimed at revealing what factors affect energy citizenship. These will be utilised in case studies to identify problems, frame solutions and reach consensus on roadmaps for change, formalised through energy citizenship contracts. Project findings will be used to inform and encourage policymakers to advocate energy citizenship.

Project duration

05.2021 - 10.2023

Department scientific supervisor

Danila LONGO (Dipartimento di Architettura DA capofila)

Coordinator

Lappeenrannan-Lahden Teknillinen Yliopisto LUT (FI)

Partnership

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO (NL)

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (IT) (DA capofila con SDE e DEI)

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. (DE)

Virtual Power Solutions SA (PT)

Kaskas Media (FI)