Facilitating cooperation among energy communities

Expected Impact: Proposals should present the concrete results which will be delivered by the activities and demonstrate how these results will contribute to the topic-specific impacts. This demonstration should rely on a solid analysis of the current situation, realistic assumptions and baselines, and establish clear causality links between proposed activities, results and impacts. In terms of qualitative impact, proposals under this topic should demonstrate how they will contribute to the following outcomes, as relevant: Scope A: Creation of (or expansion) of the services delivered by second level communities to their members and other communities. The new mutualised services should be tested and operational by the end of the project and the support to new energy community projects needs to have led to some initial results in terms of project implementation. Scope B: Measurable progress towards the implementation of energy community projects in the focus areas listed above thanks to the provision of tailored peer‑to‑peer learning and targeted assistance. In terms of quantitative impact, proposals should quantify their results and impacts using the indicators provided for the topic, when they are relevant for the proposed activities. The results and impacts should be quantified for the end of the project and for 5 years after the end of the project. The quantitative indicators for both scopes include: Number of energy community projects triggered thanks to the project Number of energy communities benefiting from the support of the project Number and type of stakeholders with increased skills For Scope A, applicants will also need to define and quantify indicators related to the set-up and expansion of second level communities including: Number of second-level communities created thanks to the project Amount of direct and personalised support made available to energy community project developers (full-time equivalent person months) For Scope B, applicants will also need to define and quantify eventual additional indicators: related to the peer-to-peer process related to project implementation (e.g. MWth/MW of capacity installed, buildings renovated, new members engaged in the communities thanks to the project action, number of members benefiting from new/scaled activities, number of households enrolled in flexibility, energy poor or vulnerable citizens benefiting from the projects). Proposals under both scopes should also provide indicators which are specific to their proposed activities. All proposals should also quantify their impacts related to the fo…