ENERGIZE

The ENERGIZE project (ENERgy coopERation for Growth, Innovation, and Zero Emissions in Industrial Parks) seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of cooperative energy models in selected EU industrial zones (Manresa, Spain; Valesia Region, Italy; Zlín Region, Czech Republic; Upper Austria) by fostering energy collaboration. With a focus on significant Carbon reduction, thanks to its pilots and compelling KPIs in terms of company participation, training and skills development, energy savings, renewable energy generation, GHG emissions reduction, job creation, as well as its impacts for policy making and stakeholder outreach, the project aims to inspire global adoption of sustainable industrial energy practices. 

ENERGIZE stands as a pioneering initiative to tackle the challenges experienced by the industrial sector, demonstrating the feasibility of creating Industrial Renewable Energy Communities using cooperative energy models. In order to ensure access to and replicability of the projects outputs, the training and capacity building tools developed in the project will be digitized and made available through a community-based Digital Hub for professionals interested in energy communities and collaborative energy models, who will benefit from an acceleration programme that will have been tested and validated in our 4 pilot industrial zones, the KPIs from which will be tracked and widely disseminated.

Project status: ongoing

Targeted sectors: Industrial sectors / parks

Countries: Spain, Italy, Czech

Republic, Austria

Benefits for companies: training and skills development for SMEs in pilot regions, training and capacity building tools available in a digital hub