News from COPPER

This article draws on two years of collaborative research and exchange through the Interreg North Sea COPPER project, complemented by discussions held at the European Conference on City Energy on March 18th 2026 in Ghent. It reflects the collective insights of partner cities, distribution system ope...

Ghent, 17 March - The COPPER project was proud to organize the first-ever European Conference on City Energy, hosted by the city of Ghent at the magnificent Winter Circus. The conference brought together politicians from different policy levels (city, national and EU-level) and key decision-makers f...

To keep the European Conference on City Energy’s momentum going, the COPPER consortium stayed on for 2 more days in sunny Ghent. The project’s 5th bi-annual partner meeting focussed on sharing the work that the consortium has done within the last half year, as well as discussing how the learnings fr...

In February 2026, the COPPER project participated in the 2nd Future Grid Innovation Summit, hosted by the consortium partner, E.DSO. The summit served as a high-level forum for industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the critical role of distribution grids as the backbone of the gr...

With 2025 coming to a close, now is the time to reflect on what has been achieved in the COPPER project over the past 12 months.  Innovating existing energy planning processes, so that they match the needed strategic frame, can seem like a slow process. This is why it is important to take a goo...

In October 2025, the COPPER partnership, co-funded by the European Union , gathered for its fourth partner meeting in Fredericia, Denmark....

A session hosted by the COPPER project at the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) on June 12, 2025, brought together cities, distribution system operators (DSOs), and market innovators to forge a path for the future of urban energy....

The COPPER project participated at the Cleantech Venture Day in Amsterdam on the 2nd April 2025, an event for driving innovation in the clean energy sector through novel cleantech solution. COPPER hosted two workshops - on Virtual Power Plants and local grid technology, highlighting the role of inte...

Frontrunners in city energy planning met in Dordrecht on March 18-19, 2025 to advance local energy planning for energy affordability and business competitiveness. ...