Name
Community Energy Service Company
country
Hungary
Goal
The Community Energy Service Company (CESCO) is an emerging hub for community energy projects in Hungary. The aim is to facilitate community energy projects in Hungary through project management, knowledge transfer, access to finance, and network building.
Currently CESCO focuses on solar panel installation for self-consumption at community-purpose and not-for-profit organisations in Hungary, such as NGOs, social enterprises and municipalities. CESCO will broaden these activities to facilitate energy efficient renovations and electricity sharing schemes for local partners.
The first programme of the CESCO is partly funded by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology and partly by its own resources. They are implementing community energy investments in seven locations, the first of which is the Kazan Community House, home to the Gólya Presszó. The building's tenants will be organised into a renewable energy community through a solar panel investment. After this, they plan to continue working with other partners to spread community energy in new locations.
Main Topic
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
All Topics
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
Fostering a just transition: leaving no one behind (fostering i.e. inclusivity, equity, empowerment of marginalized communities or other goals regarding justice)
Scale
- City and peri-urban
- Regional (e.g. a province, including multiple cities)
- National
Actors
- Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)
- Social enterprise (i.e. for-profit company, but has primary objective to achieve social and/or ecological benefits)
- Local government
- Regional government
Main Activity
Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services;
Activities
- Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services
- Conducting research, pilot studies and/or living labs
- Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
- Facilitating dialogue and networking
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.