Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Learning from Practice: Local Energy Trading at Fixed Prices in Roosendaal (NL) Across Europe, communities are exploring new ways to make renewable energy systems fairer, more resilient and locally grounded . Within the CIRCUS project, we closely follow and learn from the real-wo... 20 Jan 2026
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Strengthening capitalisation and collaboration at the Interreg NWE Annual Event The Interreg NWE Annual Event offered an important moment for exchange, reflection and strategic connection for the CIRCUS project. Bringing together projects, policymakers and practitioners from acro... 18 Dec 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project How Belgian pilot communities advance through the CIRCUS Methodology As part of the Interreg NWE CIRCUS project, six Belgian pilot communities are actively testing and shaping the CIRCUS methodology. Three are guided by Landelijke Gilden , three by Boerenbond , and one... 11 Dec 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Europe’s Energy Transition: Grid Capacity, Not Land, Is the Real Bottleneck In the European Union, the energy transition is no longer constrained by land availability but by the capacity of the electricity grid. Grid congestion—the inability of local networks to absorb and tr... 20 Nov 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Difficult times for energy communities in France Since 2010, France grows a significant energy communities’ network mostly powered by solar and wind energy project. This dynamic may change with the new direction taken by French government last summe... 13 Nov 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project CIRCUS Belgium: Where energy meets people Reflections from “Samen Stroomt het” The Belgian CIRCUS event in Leuven Last week, Leuven became the beating heart of cooperative energy. Under the title “Samen Stroomt het” (literally “Together, it f... 13 Oct 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Three Inspiring Days of Energy, Exchangeand Collaboration in Leuven From 1 to 3 October, all CIRCUS partners gathered in Leuven, Belgium, for a three-day partner meeting that combined progress updates, creative exchange, and collective reflection on the road ahead. Th... 10 Oct 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project CIRCUS at EUSEW 2025: Advancing Strategic Community Energy Development The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2025 , held from 11-13 June in Brussels, served as Europe's flagship platform for sustainable energy discourse. CIRCUS participated strategically to advanc... 12 Jun 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project WattWorks in action From 26 to 28 May 2025, the CIRCUS project partners gathered in Belgium for a three-day meeting hosted by lead partner Landelijke Gilden and co-host Boerenbond . This partner meeting marked a signific... 2 Jun 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Quarterly Partner Meeting: Reconnecting and Advancing Together On March 26, the CIRCUS project partners came together online for the first quarterly meeting of 2025. This check-in marked an important moment in the project’s timeline, as partners shared progress, ... 2 Apr 2025
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project Official Kick-Off Event in Lochem: A Success! Last week, from 20th to 22nd of November, our official Kick-Off Event took place. Our partner LochemEnergie hosted the event in the lovely town Lochem in the Netherlands. Several partners from Belgium... 28 Nov 2024
Rural Association, CIRCUS Project CIRCUS Official Kick-Off Event in November We have an exciting announcement: next week our official Kick-Off Event is taking place! This time our partner LochemEnergie is hosting the event in the wonderful town Lochem in the Netherlands. The e... 15 Nov 2024