Acronym: BALTICBEAT
Project partners Member States: PL, SE, DK, LT
The project involves 7 partners from Poland (3), Denmark (2), Sweden (1), Lithuania (1). The partnership is composed of universities, SMEs, incubator, NGOs of PPs. The partners are supported by 6 associated partners which are municipalities, association of municipalities and a science and technology park from Poland, Sweden, Lithuania. The project is led by University of Gdańsk (PL).The overall project objective is to increase renewable energy production in the South Baltic Area by providing local actors with a set of tools to facilitate the preparation of RES production and management, in particular, through the creation and development of energy communities.The project’s activities are planned in three content-related work packages. Work package 1 focuses at developing a capacity building programme to support local communities in energy transition processes and consists of analyses, training development and implementation, production of educational video(s) supporting and completing selected topics and integration with toolbox delivered in other work package. The goal of work package 2 (communities’ engagement in energy transition processes) is strengthening local communities as a driving force for initiating and sustaining clean energy initiatives and energy transformation processes at local level. This work package starts with analysis of the policy mixes and mapping of capacities, then scenario(s) developing for stakeholders’ engagement and preparing recommendations for local strategies on energy transition solutions and educational and awareness raising tools. The last activity for the work package will be performing hackathons. Work package 3 aims at the development of pilot cross-border consultancy and specialized training services. In this scope compilation of a catalogue of services to support the use of green energy in local communities, setting up the network of experts to provide tailor-made consultancy and workshops, preparing an online CO2 calculator, creating a website integrating tools and disseminating project products are planned.The main target groups are local authorities, SMEs in the South Baltic Area, companies in industrial and technology parks, local communities interested in energy communities.