Brussels hosts final event of EU projects IN-PLAN and Plan4CET to advance local energy and climate planning
Brussels hosted the joint final event of the European projects IN-PLAN and Plan4CET under the theme “Learn, Plan, Act”. The event brought together 71 in-person participants and 50 online attendees, demonstrating the growing interest of local and regional authorities, energy agencies and sector professionals in strengthening territorial energy and climate planning. The event served […]
PLAN4CET Launches New Toolbox to Support EU Regions in the Clean Energy Transition
A new open-access Toolbox from PLAN4CET helps regions turn clean energy ambitions into concrete action! The PLAN4CET project has launched its new Clean Energy Transition Toolbox, a digital repository designed to help European regions plan, implement, and monitor their path toward climate neutrality. The Toolkit is now accessible on the PLAN4CET website and provides free, open-access materials for local […]
Certified Transition Managers in Sweden
In the late summer of 2024, Energy Agency Southern Sweden launched the Transition Manager Program – an energy and climate planning training for municipal and regional officials. As of January 2025, over 30 individuals have completed the training. Equipped to work with Clean Energy Transition Energy planning is not merely a tool for sustainable development […]
Physical town planners learn about energy
Fifty participants joined the webinar Energy in Urban Planning on May 2, 2024. Electrification and the sustainability transition have several points of reference with cities’ energy supply and urban planning. The webinar started with a report from the EU-funded initiatives that are underway to support southern Sweden municipalities in developing their energy plans, by Energikontor […]
Energy planning on several levels
Sweden’s county administrative boards have received a governmental assignment to produce regional plans for electrification, and to support the development of local plans. Energimyndigheten, the Swedish Energy Agency, has published a new guidance to support the municipal processes. Over the course of two days that focussed on energy planning amid rapid changes in the electricity […]
14 regional energy offices in collaboration
Sweden’s 14 energy offices play a key role in the transition towards a sustainable energy system. 80 of the offices’ nearly 150 energy professionals met for two days to discuss how to better support all owners, principals, and key actors in the current energy transition. We are currently working in three focus areas: energy-efficient construction […]
High demand for training addressing the energy dimension in urban planning
September 19 marked the start of Energikontor Syd’s training on the energy dimension in urban planning practices. The training, targeted to city and regional professionals, aims to enhance primarily public sector capacity to address the challenges arising from continued electrification and climate change. A second training session is planned as the course is already fully booked. In the […]