The European clean energy transition is speeding up. During the 2019-2024 European mandate, extensive regulatory progress has been made in the form of the European Green Deal and through the energy and climate legislative package ‘Fit for 55’. As we enter the implementation phase of these policies, understanding and supporting citizen engagement in the energy transition is becoming more and more important. To this end, the EnergyPROSPECTS project has explored the potential of energy citizenship to contribute to the fulfilment of the EU’s climate and energy objectives.
Energy citizenship provides a useful lens to capture the diversity of citizen engagement in the energy transition. The concept denotes different forms of civic involvement and engagement in the fields of energy production, distribution, and consumption, as well as in the governance of the energy transition. It can be practised at different levels of action, through different constellations of actors.
The clean energy transition is becoming everyone’s business. What does this mean for citizens’ roles in the European energy transition?
Building on three years of research with eight other organisations across Europe, our research fellow Karin Thalberg, presents key findings that guide us towards a common framework for citizen involvement in the European energy transition.
