Name
The village of Kněžice
country
Czech Republic
Goal
Bioenergy facility, which consists of a biogas plant and a biomass heating plant. The technology supplies the population with more than 90% heat and produces significantly more electricity than the village consumes, so that electricity can be sold.
Aims: Strenghtened local economy through the sale of electricity produced by the bioenergy facility.; Environmental – organic waste processing improved by the biogas unit; Energy sufficient community
Main Topic
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
All Topics
Clean energy: supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
Increasing the EU's climate policy ambition for 2030 and 2050
Zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment
Scale
- Neighbourhood or Local community
- Regional (e.g. a province, including multiple cities)
Actors
- Community-based initiative (i.e. citizens, cooperative, neighbourhood group)
- Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)
Main Activity
Conducting research, pilot studies and/or living labs;
Activities
- Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services
- Conducting research, pilot studies and/or living labs
- Facilitating dialogue and networking
- (Re-)selling goods and/or facilitating good exchanges
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.