View all the presentations from the StartSun final conference

These presentations were part of the Interreg-funded StartSun final conference, “From Concept to Community: Launching Solar Energy Communities”, which took place on 22 September 2026 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences.

You can download the presentation slides through the links below and also find videos of each presentation at the bottom of this page.

The full gallery of the conference is available here.

Introduction and keynote presentation slides

1. Opening of the StartSun final conference – Sara Spjuth
2. How a Swedish village builds sustainably its own energy system – Tobias Karlsson

I session slides: StartSun energy communities and collaboration experience

1. Experiences of StartSun’s Obinitsa (EE) pilot – Markus Männik
2. Experiences of StartSun’s Kääpa (EE) pilot – Annika Oras
3. Experiences of StartSun’s Jelgava (LV) pilot – Inga Kreicmane
4. Experiences of StartSun’s Jekabpils (LV) pilot – Baiba Navenicka
5. Experiences of StartSun’s Marttila (FI) pilot – Riikka Ojala and Evilina Vinonen
6. Experiences of StartSun’s Östergötland (SE) pilot – Elin Bäckström and Sara Spjuth
7. Introduction to StartSun Start-Up package – Elis Vollmer

Session II slides: Social challenges for energy communities. How can we encourage people to work together?

1. How to develop rural energy communities_ Experiences from Galicia – Xavier Simón
2. Lessons from the Enercracy project on social collaboration and citizen engagement – Kirils Gončarovs
3. StartSun Experiences on Social Collaboration and Citizen Engagement – Maie Kiisel

Session III slides: Feasibility of energy communities

1. Introduction to the StartSun Solar Energy Calculator tool – Marten Saareoks
2. Introduction to the AURI2027 Calculator tool – Inka Leppänen
3. Building community resilience through energy communities – Nele Ivask

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