Publications

This document delves into measuring impacts on summer energy poverty, using improved indicators beyond energy savings to tackle heat-related challenges more accurately.

This scientific paper provides a review on hard-to-reach households, including vulnerable groups and an indicator set to gauge these audiences in the European Union and all 27 Member States.

Explore a comparative analysis of energy poverty in Portugal and Spain. This study highlights gaps in definitions and measurements, offering recommendations for more inclusive and effective frameworks.

Achieving a citizen-centred and inclusive energy transition requires harnessing affordable and clean energy solutions while facilitating the active participation of consumers in line with the aims of the European Green Deal.

This policy brief highlights the role of national governments in fostering the development of energy communities in their territories and fulfilling their potential for social cohesion.

This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and its manifestation at rural and urban scales across selected European countries and Israel.

One aspect of energy poverty that remains largely unexplored in Europe is rural energy poverty, receiving limited attention despite being more prevalent than in urban contexts. Additionally, in the pursuit of a clean and just transition, rural areas in Europe are often left behind.

To deepen the understanding on rural energy poverty and energy efficiency, RENOVERTY
conducted an online survey of stakeholders across Europe deriving key insights
on existing needs, barriers, and proposed solutions for energy poverty and energy
efficiency in vulnerable rural and peri-urban areas.

To deepen the understanding on rural energy poverty and energy efficiency, the
RENOVERTY project conducted an online survey of relevant stakeholders across Europe
deriving key insights on existing needs, barriers, and proposed solutions for energy
poverty and energy efficiency in vulnerable rural ares.

This report analyses the financial and commercial business cases of the four pilot areas involved in POWER UP. Their pioneering work may be useful to other local authorities wanting to launch renewable energy services for vulnerable people. Being able to accurately model and forecast how energy activities will impact costs, benefits and risks for anyone involved is an important skill. Four different pilot projects from Italy, Spain, Belgium and Czech Republic show different approaches to integrate renewable energy solutions while addressing energy poverty.

Fuelwood has been overlooked by European energy transition policies, despite its importance as a domestic energy source for many European households. We study fuelwood use for coping with energy poverty based on the lived experience of energy-vulnerable households in five diverse European countries.

Building on three years of research, this policy brief presents the scope and diversity of citizen engagement in the energy transition, identifies barriers and opportunities, and proposes targeted recommendations for supporting effective energy citizenship in the European Union.

This policy brief targets national policymakers with policy measures and best practices they could implement to advance energy citizenship in their country

The policy brief focuses on collective forms of action in energy citizenship.

The results indicate that between 4.2 and 14 % of students live in permanent discomfort (i.e., uncomfortable both at school and home).

This policy brief concentrates on business and social innovation models (BSIMs) as instrumental tools to promote the development of energy citizenship across different scales. 

The “Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) Handbooks: A Guide to Understanding and Addressing Energy Poverty” are a series of practical guidebooks for local governments and practitioners which ensure that the social dimensions of energy transition are addressed efficiently.

This scientific paper explores the concept of renewable energy communities through a case-study in Portugal, estimating energy generation through solar panels and local consumption.

This publication presents and discusses data on household energy consumption and energy poverty in Poland for the year 2018.

Although most students did not identify themselves as living in EP, several populations experienced discomfort, where comfort levels seemed to vary according to location, type of students and season.

This study offers an assessment based on official data, highlighting how energy poverty in post-communist countries like Georgia differs significantly from that in Western Europe.

There is no silver bullet for mitigating energy poverty in multifamily buildings: historical trajectories, operating financing schemes and political contexts require a carefully designed individual approach, tailored to the local conditions.

This study aims to identify and understand the structural roots of energy poverty, to highlight the gender axis of energy poverty and the lack of gender-disaggregated data at EU and Member State level. 

A cure-all for energy poverty? Thinking critically about energy advice