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CARBON 4 BIOECONOMY

Supporting carbon-friendly farming for bio-based products

Farmers can help store carbon in soil, while bio-based businesses can turn crops into products that keep this carbon in use. Yet these two worlds rarely connect, and different rules, markets and supply chains make cooperation across borders difficult. CARBON 4 BIOECONOMY adapts results from earlier Interreg projects to test carbon-friendly farming methods and show how the resulting crops can feed new bio-based products. ...

Carbon Farming CE

Boosting carbon farming in central Europe

Carbon farming is the process of changing agricultural practices to increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil, or to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. It has huge potential but is still underused in central Europe. The Carbon Farming – CE project changed this and make regions more familiar with the concept. The partnership adapted and tested various techniques and business models ...

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Fight4CE

Helping regions tackle energy poverty together

Many people in central Europe struggle to keep their homes warm or afford essential energy, especially in rural and border regions with older buildings and heating systems. Yet authorities often measure the problem differently, making it hard to compare needs or transfer successful support across borders. Fight4CE adapts results from earlier Interreg projects into a shared toolkit that helps local authorities identify vulnerable households, ...

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H2CE

Helping regions to use hydrogen

Transitioning to green energy is key to tackling climate change and creating sustainable economies. Green hydrogen holds significant promise but accounts for less than 2 percent of Europe’s current energy consumption. The H2CE project helped regions in central Europe to boost the integration of hydrogen in their local and regional energy planning. The project developed and tested new planning tools for public authorities and ...

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HEAT 35

Greening district heating systems

Many district heating systems in central Europe still rely heavily on fossil fuels. New approaches utilize various heat sources but are complex to implement. The HEAT 35 project supports eight regions and cities in the transition process to run their district heating systems on 50% of renewables and waste heat by 2035. The partners involve district heating operators and experts to design new solutions. ...

HERCULES-CE

Establishing renewable energy communities in central Europe

Central Europe is phasing out fossil fuels but related costs remain high. Extensive investments in renewables and energy efficiency are needed. Renewable energy communities (REC) can help with that. They enable collective and citizen-driven actions, such as the production and sharing of renewable energy. The HERCULES-CE project promotes the introduction of these communities strategically and in local pilot actions. The partners test innovative data-driven ...

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HyAdvanCE

Planning hydrogen networks that connect across borders

Hydrogen production, storage, transport and use need to be planned as one system, but neighbouring regions often develop separate strategies and infrastructure that do not connect. HyAdvanCE adapts tools from earlier Interreg projects to help authorities, energy providers and businesses identify where hydrogen can best support local industry and energy systems, and what infrastructure is needed. Regions will test this approach, prepare joint cross-border ...

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HyEfRe

Rolling out green hydrogen to electrify the economy

Sector-coupling is a promising approach to replace fossil fuels with renewables. However, this idea of “electrifying” the entire economy requires the rollout of new technologies and rules. The HyEfRe project helps with this by establishing green hydrogen ecosystems in eight regions. The partners foster an investment-friendly environment for renewable energy and green hydrogen technologies. They evaluate hydrogen potentials with a new model and develop ...

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JETforCE

Involving citizens for a just transition

With increasing energy prices, social aspects of the green energy transition have moved into focus. There is broad consensus that the transition has to be just and fair. Ideally, future energy policies and investments are co-created with citizens. The JETforCE project helped regions to better involve their citizens digitally. The partnership tested and validated two novel solutions for digital citizen engagement in policy-making and ...

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MESTRI-CE

Investing in climate-neutral buildings

A climate-neutral central Europe requires a drastically reduced energy consumption of buildings. However, renovation is often costly and complex. The MESTRI-CE project introduced a new investment model to finance more climate-friendly buildings that guarantee sustainability. The model covered both the supply and demand side of the renovation market and built on data collected and tools and green standards developed by the project.

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OPTGEO-CE

Exploring geothermal energy across borders

Geothermal resources extend across national borders, but neighbouring regions often assess them with different data, rules and planning procedures. This leads to duplicated work, slower permitting and missed opportunities to develop low-carbon heating and cooling solutions. OPTGEO-CE combines methods from earlier Interreg projects to help authorities, engineers and energy providers choose suitable deep or shallow geothermal options. Feasibility studies at six sites will test ...

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REC-BRIDGE

Supporting the roll-out of renewable energy communities

Renewable energy communities bring residents, municipalities and local businesses together to produce and use clean energy. Yet they develop unevenly across central Europe because rules, financing options and local expertise differ from one region to another. REC-BRIDGE adapts tools from earlier Interreg projects into the REC-BRIDGE Toolkit, a practical guide for setting up and running such communities, from engaging members and assessing energy needs ...

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REDU-CE-D

Reducing the energy consumption of transport systematically

Transport remains a huge consumer of energy in central European countries. It is still highly dependent on fossil fuels and produces enormous emissions. Partners in the REDU-CE-D project work together to increase efficiency of different modes of transportation by transposing the European energy directive. They develop and disseminate a customized environmental management system based on EU requirements and a joint strategy. In this process, ...

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Solar4CE-Cities

Reducing barriers for prosumers of solar energy in cities

A wider use of solar energy in urban areas is often hindered by insufficient policy frameworks that lead to administrative, technological, and financial barriers. The Solar4CE-Cities project helps cities to change this by promoting the prosumption approach. Prosumers are citizens or entities that not only consume but also produce renewable energy and thus contribute to decarbonise their communities. The partners assess existing prosumer schemes, ...

TRANSGEO

Using abandoned wells for geothermal energy production

The fossil fuels industry is declining in central Europe and leaves behind countless gas and oil wells. The TRANSGEO project is turning this environmental problem into an opportunity: it investigates the potentials of such abandoned infrastructures for producing and storing green geothermal energy. The partnership develops a transnational strategy and regional action plans to give a second life to the wells and tests their ...

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V4Grid

Turning cars into power banks

The transformation of our energy systems to renewable energies poses many challenges. One challenge is that renewable energy fluctuates largely over time and needs to be balanced to match demand. The Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology offers a solution by allowing cars to draw energy from the grid to recharge their battery. Or send it back to the grid. The V4Grid project addresses regulatory challenges and ...

ZEB4ZEN

Reducing the energy usage of historic neighbourhoods

Public zero-energy buildings produce enough renewable energy to meet their own annual energy consumption requirements. They help regions and cities to save energy and money. But what to do in historic neighbourhoods with rigid building protection rules? The ZEB4ZEN project developed a transferrable transnational methodology and regional action plans for achieving zero-emission standards, which they also tested in pilot actions in historic city neighborhoods.