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COPPER partnership meets in Dordrecht for Summit on competitive local energy economies

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

COPPER presents at E.DSO's FutureGrid Innovation Summit

Henrik Näsström, Chief Marketing Officer of Varberg Energi, took to the stage at the inaugural FutureGrid Innovation Summit hosted by E.DSO in Brussels on the 6th February to explain the role of Local Energy Action Planning (LEAPs) in grid resilience. Representing COPPER in a panel on the role of in...

City-wide Energy Planning as a local strategy to deliver a competitive climate transition – Now-New-Next

In this second edition of the Now-New-Next series, we report looks at the current and future trends in city energy planning, drawing from examples from the COPPER project. The Now-New-Next series highlights innovative concepts and trends within the Urban Energy Transition, covering the Political, Ec...

How City-DSO collaboration is evolving to meet the demands of the local energy transition – Now New Next

In this first edition of the Now-New-Next series, we report looks at the current and future trends in city-DSO partnerships, drawing from examples from the COPPER project. The Now-New-Next series highlights innovative concepts and trends within the Urban Energy Transition, covering the Political, Ec...

Marking one year of Local Energy Action Planning - COPPER partnership meets in Varberg

In September 2024, the COPPER partnership gathered for its third partner meeting in Varberg, Sweden. The two-day event brought together frontrunning cities, academic institutions, and private sector partners to reflect on their progress building Europe's first wave of Local Energy Action Plans (LEAP...

Where are the COPPER pilots? - Pilot Map

A map for the six pilot sites in the COPPER project. Learn more about COPPER here....

Securing the Grid: E.DSO Perspective on the importance of Local Energy Action Plans for City-DSO cooperation

This article was originally published by COPPER partner E.DSO on the 5th August 2024...

Antwerp is piloting energy planning for its heat and e-mobility transitions

With funding from the European Union through the COPPER initiative, the City of Antwerp is piloting evidence based planning of charging solutions to prevent electric vehicles from overwhelming the city’s energy grid....

[Infographic] Why Locally-Powered Cities need Local Energy Action Planning

Read about the emerging need for city-led local energy planning in COPPER's latest publication on Local Energy Action Plans (LEAPs)....