Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Local energy connects farmers and businesses The energy transition is not only about solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries. Perhaps even more important is cooperation between people and businesses. Across the Netherlands, farmers are genera... 6 Oct 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project The Power of Eight Eight municipalities in the north of the Pays de Redon have joined forces to explore the potential for renewable energy production on public property. Together, they are looking at opportunities for p... 24 Sep 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Inside BER Automation: Turning a street address into an energy rating with AI vision Before this tool existed, producing even a rough energy estimate for a dwelling meant a person manually looking the property up on Google Maps, eyeballing its dimensions, scrolling through Street View... 21 Sep 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From Solar Surplus to Energy Community: How LochemEnergie is testing the CIRCUS Tools in Almen With the Dutch energy market shifting rapidly marked by grid congestion, feed-in penalties, and the phase-out of net metering - local energy communities must rethink how they manage power. In the Dutc... 27 Aug 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From feed-in tariffs to energy sharing: new challenges and opportunities for energy communities The framework conditions for renewable energy are currently undergoing profound change. In Germany and many European countries, government subsidies for rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems, solar parks ... 17 Aug 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From Eircode to Energy Rating: screening rural housing stock without a site visit Rural energy communities across North-West Europe want to cut carbon emissions and energy bills, but almost none of them know the energy performance of their own housing stock. A certified assessment ... 13 Aug 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Beyond project boundaries: Why collaboration is Europe's greatest innovation The biggest innovations don't always happen within a single project. Sometimes, they happen when projects stop presenting their results and start challenging, questioning and inspiring one another. Th... 22 Jul 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From maps to momentum: Finding the right places for community energy Achieving Europe's energy transition requires more than ambition—it depends on making informed decisions about where renewable energy can be developed. Identifying suitable locations for solar energy ... 13 Jul 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From BlackOut to Community - How net congestion lead to a community In The Netherlands many municipalities have a challenge to house (Ukranian) refugees as a result of net congestion. It takes about 18 months from planning to building pre-fabricated houses, but to con... 2 Jul 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project If there was ever a reminder why the energy transition matters… this was it. The exceptional heatwave that swept across western France became an unexpected backdrop for this year's CIRCUS Event in Redon. While the public Citizen Energy Meetings , expected to welcome around 300... 1 Jul 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From partnership to practice: CIRCUS partners meet in Redon to learn, exchange and grow together Strong partnerships are at the heart of every successful Interreg project. That is why the CIRCUS consortium gathered in Redon, France, from 23 to 25 June, not only to review the project's progress, b... 25 Jun 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project From inspiration to action: How Study visits can strengthen pilot communities One of the greatest challenges in community energy projects is not finding technical solutions. It is creating a shared understanding, building confidence and helping people imagine what change could ... 15 Jun 2026