European Commission awards first energy community governance prize

The European Commission has announced the first Prize for Governance Innovations in Energy Communities and named ten winning communities from six countries, sharing €1 million in total.

• The prize recognises renewable and citizen energy communities for inclusive governance, benefit-sharing, and collaboration with local authorities and businesses; winners were announced at the European Research and Innovation Days in Brussels.
• The ten winners include communities from Spain, Austria, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Greece; the Commission said it will work with them on lessons-learnt workshops to share governance models across Europe.