Building an energy community around several needs at once. Kääpa küla is a small village of around 170 inhabitants in Mustvee vald, Estonia. Its energy community, structured as a municipal foundation, plans for six members, with electricity consumed across three...
How a cold-storage electricity bill became a working energy cooperative. Energiaühistu Oma Elekter is a cooperative based in Obinitsa, in Setomaa vald in southeastern Estonia, just a few kilometers from the Estonian-Russian border. Its 15 members include local berry...
Showing a grounded picture of what it takes to move from curiosity to collective action. The Grebo Energy Community initiative is a non-profit effort exploring collaboration between the municipality and private actors in the village of Grebo, located between Linköping...
Testing municipal-business collaboration and shared meter structures in a historic industrial site. The Facetten Energy Community is an economic association whose members include the municipality and nine tenant companies of the Facetten Business Park building,...
The Social Oasis at Toivokoti in Lappeenranta is Finland’s first SmartAging Community Corner pilot. It is a living, user-centred environment that brings together bio-based materials, circular design, multisensory soundscapes, activity and rehabilitation games, and...
Klaipėda is the third largest city and the only port in Lithuania, sitting on the Baltic coast where the Curonian Lagoon meets the sea. The coastal city houses a population of about 160.000, with a characteristic Old Town made up of narrow, cobbled streets. BATS...
Gdynia is a dynamic port city on the Baltic coast of Poland, part of the so-called Tri-City agglomeration alongside Sopot and Gdańsk. It is known for its distinctive modernist architecture, its seafront and its role in maritime logistics. BATS partner Gdynia...
Umeå is the largest city in northern Sweden, in the province of Västerbotten. The city breathes culture, history and natural beauty. Umeå Municipality has a population of roughly 130,000 and is home to Umeå University and its some 35,000 students, giving the city a...
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, located along the river Elbe, is one of the major inland port cities in Europe, housing around 1.9 million people. Functioning as a city-state, Hamburg is divided into seven boroughs with their own governance structures. Altona...
Porvoo is a bilingual city, located around 35 kilometres east of Finland's capital Helsinki. Porvoo's city centre lies along the river Porvoo, but alongside the urban centre and suburbs, the city of Porvoo also consists of rural landscapes to the east, north and west,...
