February 25, 2025 12:09 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Renewable energy comes in all sizes and shapes, from small-scale solar panels on rooftops to massive wind farms offshore. The beauty of renewables lies in their versatility and adaptability, allowing solutions to be tailored to meet the unique needs and priorities of each community. This diversity opens the door to creating a fair, clean, and prosperous energy future.
Benefit sharing mechanisms are at the heart of this transformation. They ensure that renewable energy projects don’t just "land" in communities but actively involve and benefit them. When done right—not as a greenwashing exercise but through meaningful engagement and participation—benefit sharing creates win-win outcomes for developers and communities alike while advancing climate goals.
June 11, 2025 12:01 am
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Local municipal governments are in a unique position to drive the energy transition forward with more ease and exponential impact. By leading the shift away from polluting fossil fuels and toward cleaner, fairer energy systems, local governments can protect their communities, bolster their local businesses, reduce electricity costs, and build lasting resilience. A growing number of municipalities in Italy as well as across Europe are already showing how it can be done. The rest of Italy, with its vast solar and wind potential, strong local governance structures, and EU funding opportunities, has every reason to join them.
Benefit sharing mechanisms are at the heart of this transformation. They ensure that renewable energy projects don’t just "land" in communities but actively involve and benefit them. When done right—not as a greenwashing exercise but through meaningful engagement and participation—benefit sharing creates win-win outcomes for developers and communities alike while advancing climate goals.
September 6, 2024 1:49 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Transitioning to resilient and self-sufficient energy systems is not just a climate issue but a fundamental requirement for economic stability and national security.
July 11, 2023 9:15 am
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Inside, Chocolatemakers get 100% of their power from solar energy, thanks to a transparent solar canopy that blankets the factory roof. Excess power is fed back into the grid. Meanwhile, innovative use of residual heat from the chocolate chamber is used to warm the entire space. Chocolatemakers estimate they save an annual 35,000 kg of CO2 as a result of these measures: equivalent to the emissions of seven households.
July 11, 2023 9:03 am
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Bergzeit has a well-earned reputation for environmental responsibility, as one of five European outdoor retailers to sign a climate commitment in alignment with the Paris Agreement, and launching its purpose-built second hand online store “Bergzeit Re-Use,” where customers can buy and sell outdoor clothing and equipment.
July 10, 2023 7:52 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Close to the Czech-Polish border, in the vibrant city of Opava, is the headquarters of ECM System Solutions. The 15-person strong company has emerged as a trailblazer in the energy transition, specialising in the development of systems to measure, manage and monitor renewable energy sources.
March 22, 2023 5:54 am
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
Kozani was once the largest lignite mining region in Greece, and host to the country’s biggest coal power plant. But it’s now in the process of trading in its long and damaging coal legacy for a brighter future built around renewables.
March 23, 2022 1:45 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
The Solar Potential of Coal Sites in Turkey report shows that approximately half of Turkey’s open-cast coal mines are suitable for conversion to solar farms.
November 16, 2021 4:58 pm
Published by Beyond Fossil Fuels
See how one former mining town in Spain has set about adapting to this post-coal world by retrofitting one of its disused coal mines to produce emission-free heat for the community.
