SET-UP Smart Energy Transition to Upgrade regional Performance

European Union | European Regional Development Fund
Sharing solutions
for better regional policies
SET-UP
Smart Energy Transition to
Upgrade regional Performance
Federico Sgarbi | European project manager @ BDI
[email protected]
Europe, let’s cooperate! 22 March 2016
What challenge are we facing?
 Improve the energy performance of partner
regions thanks to improved smart grid policies
 Managing growth in electricity consumption
 Optimizing distribution
 Coping with sustainable…
 …and decentralized energy generation
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Why will cooperation help?
 Smart grids are a relatively new topic
 Real need to exchange on the role that regions
have in the development of Smart grids
 And on the tools to be developed/employed
 3 levels of mutual learning: individual,
organizational and stakeholders
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What will our project do?
 Three sub-themes :
1. Empowering consumers and acceptability
2. Economic models
3. Funding sources
 Creation of Local Energy Transition Supporters
(LETS) stakeholders groups
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And interregional Energy Team (ET)
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Synergies with other regional strategies and
projects
i.e. Brittany’s SMILE project
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Who else is involved?
Leicester
Energy Agency
Kaunas Regional
Energy Agency
Regen SW
Bretagne Développement Innovation /
Conseil régional de Bretagne
South Transdanubian
Regional Development Agency
AREAL – Regional Energy and
Environment Agency of Algarve
Andalusian Energy Agency / Regional Ministry of
Employment, Enterprise and Commerce
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What impact do we expect?
 Policy improvements in the ERDF POR (energy
efficiency/energy transition)
 Implementation of new projects
 Change in the management of the policy
instrument
 Increased understanding and practical application
of smart grids
 Better energy management
 New opportunities for local companies working
in the energy sector
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