Projects
Powering Energy Hub
Powering Energy Hub is a project co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE Programme, building on the success of the Porto Energy Hub. It aims to mobilise over €26 million in investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. In addition to direct investment, the project seeks to develop tools to enhance energy literacy, supporting a just and democratic energy transition
More details on: https://energyhub.pt/
crOSSfit
Continental Replicable One-Stop Shop for Financial Innovation Trajectories (crOSSfit) is a project co-funded by the LIFE Programme, establishing replicable one-stop-shops to drive financial innovation for clean energy projects. It provides scalable solutions tailored to local market needs, enabling the deployment of clean energy technologies and fostering financial sustainability in energy transition.
Para saber mais consulte: https://www.sefaeu.org/crossfit
District C: A Zero Carbon Commitment
District C is a NetZeroCities pilot project in Guimarães, funded by Horizon 2020. It results from the European Union’s Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. It aims to promote decarbonisation, with a strong citizen involvement, by testing innovative solutions in different domains, such as energy, mobility, or waste.
More details on: https://guimaraes2030.pt/
EVERY1
Every1 is a Horizon Europe project that aims to reinforce local ecosystems in the digitalisation of energy by, among others, developing a capacity building program contributing actively to market creation.
More details on: https://every1.energy/
DISTENDER
DISTENDER is a Horizon Europe project developing actionable strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The strategies will result from the integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation actions with participatory approaches, bringing scientists, businesses, governments, policy makers, and citizens together.
More details on: https://distender.eu/
Porto Energy Hub
Porto Energy Hub is a Horizon 2020 project designed to support a novel building renovation programme in the north of the Douro River region of the Porto Metropolitan Area (Portugal), aiming to fight energy poverty by promoting building energy efficiency, renewable energy communities, and mainstreaming new financial schemes.
More details on: https://portoenergyhub.pt/
Clean Energy for EU Islands
The Clean Energy Islands Secretariat is a European Commission one-stop-shop for Europe’s island communities transitioning to clean energies. It is built on the vision that in order to assure the best environment for change, and to benefit all members of the island communities, a balanced collaboration between public and private stakeholders is essential.
More details on: https://clean-energy-islands.ec.europa.eu/
HOOP
Hub of circular cities boosting platform to foster investments for the valorisation of urban biowaste and wastewater (HOOP) is a Horizon 2020 project that provides technical assistance to a group of cities in order to unlock bio-based investments and deploy local bio-economies in European cities through a systemic and cross-cutting approach.
More details on: https://hoopproject.eu/
Smart Cities Marketplace
Smart Cities Marketplace is a European Commission initiative that accelerates the green transition of European cities, promoting quality of life and alignment with the EU’s energy and climate goals. The platform facilitates the mobilisation of investment in decarbonisation and smart solutions, supporting the development of sustainable and inclusive cities.
More details on: https://smart-cities-marketplace.ec.europa.eu/
PF4EE
Private Finance for Energy Efficiency (PF4EE) is a joint agreement between the EIB and the European Commission that aims to address the limited access to adequate and affordable commercial financing for energy efficiency investments.
Banco BPI is the exclusive financial intermediary in Portugal, delivering Linha BPI/BEI Eficiência Energética, with a 50 million euro loan in competitive conditions for energy efficiency projects.
More details on: www.eib.org/pf4ee
Condomínio Solar
Condomínio Solar (solar condominium) is an independent and specialised consultancy service on design and managing of renewable energy communities providing land scouting, licencing, acquisition and technical due diligence of PV power plants specialized services.
More details on: https://condominiosolar.pt
Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe
Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe is an international initiative, supported by Horizon 2020, that promotes standardisation and best practices in the way energy efficiency projects are developed, documented, and measured to facilitate investments and enable project aggregation.
ICP gathers a set of tools, including Energy Performance Protocols on how to design an energy efficiency project, reducing processual costs and time. By using these protocols, projects get certified with Investor Ready Energy Efficiency (IREE), facilitating the financing process.
More details on: http://europe.eeperformance.org