Completed , European Commission, EACI, intelligent Energy Programme
http://sustainablemountains.epu.ntua.gr
The mountainous – agricultural communities could benefit from Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Rational Use of Energy (RUE) applications based on their high RES potential as well as the increased energy and electricity consumption, as an inevitable outcome of their economical development. Scope of this project is the RES and RUE stimulation of four local communities of the European Union (EU), in a way that will ensure both the integrated and balanced evolution in the economical – employment, environmental, social and technological dimension of the sustainable development. The project’s primary objectives set as the identification of specific RES and RUE needs and preparation of viable and socially matured development opportunities along with the formulation of the first European “sustainable energy network in mountainous - agricultural communities”.