Contract N°: IEE/13/403/SI2.675223- CITIZENERGY
Duration : FROM 1-03-2014 TO 28-02-2017
Last update: February 2015

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Development of an online platform to serve as EU-wide marketplace for citizen investment in RES projects
• CITIZENERGY is a project that builds on know-how developed within the EU to implement citizen renewable energy projects
• CITIZENERGY will:
 promote synergies between projects
 identify barriers to citizen investment
 promote the European transfer of main business models
 match citizen investors with new RES projects in Europe

1. Fundraising difficulties
This project will be a tool to facilitate setting up of community energy initiatives of different types, disseminating investment opportunities and engaging citizens.
2. Cultural and linguistic constrains within the EU Member States
The platform will be available in different EU languages ( the languages of countries in the consortium.)
Other needs, such as legal documents translation, will be evaluated.
3. Different regulatory frameworks across EU Member States.
The CITIZENERGY project will analyse the different frameworks of MS in the action and provide tailored investment options, including transnational investment where allowed.

1. An online platform to serve as EU-wide marketplace for citizen investment in RES projects: www.citizenergy.eu
2. Boosting effective citizen engagement and investment in RES
projects :
• Attract more than 100 000 unique visitors to the platform,
• Inform 15 000 citizens
• Motivate at least 6000 citizens to invest in RES projects
• At least 6 of the new projects registered in the platform WP5 successfully funded
3. Setting up of an EU level stakeholder's network on citizen RES
policy gathering, at least, 25 relevant actors of different types in the citizen energy initiatives field
4. Identification of national/EU legal barriers to engagement and
investment by national and foreign citizens in RES projects, in the countries included in the project.

Participant name
ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS
CATALONIA
BOA ENERGIA
LUMO FRANCE
ABUNDANCE
GENERATION
GREEN CROWDING
SOM ENERGIA
WINDVOGEL
EUROPEAN
CROWDFUNDING
NETWORK
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
NETWORK
Short name Country code Profile of the organisation*
ATEKNEA
BOA
LUMO
ABUNDANCE
GREEN
SOM
WIND
ECNET
ACTIVE
ES
PT
FR
UK
DE
ES
NL
BE
IT
Private Research Center -
SME
Citizen RES promoter
Citizen RES promoter
Citizen RES promoter
Citizen RES promoter
RES Cooperative
RES Cooperative
International Non-Profit
Organisation
International Non-Profit
Organisation

Participant name
EUROPEAN
ASSOCIATION OF
DEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES
CLIMATE ALLIANCE
UNITED NATIONS
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
EUPPORTUNITY
UNIVERSIDADE DE
SANTIAGO DE
COMPOSTELA
Short name Country code Profile of the organisation*
EURADA
CA
UNDP
EUPPY
USC
BE
DE
HR
PT
ES
International Non-Profit
Organisation
International Non-Profit
Organisation
International Organisation
Private Consultancy
Educational Institution

Find out more at http: www.citizenergy.eu
Technical Coordinator
Santiago Macho santiago.macho@ateknea.com
Ateknea Solutions Catalonia, SA
SPAIN
+34 932049922
Financial Coordinator
Henrique Burnay hburnay@eupportunity.ey
Eupportunity, Euppy
PORTUGAL
+351 917246544