Full title: Connecting Obligated Parties to Adopt Innovative Schemes towards Energy Poverty Alleviation
Partners: ICCS, IEECP, RAP, E7, ISPE DC, EDF, NATURGY, ESB, PPC, CEZ VANZARE, FORTUM, HEP ESCO, EVISO, CARITAS AUSTRIA
Start date: 01/09/2019, Duration: 36 months
EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme
SocialWatt aims to enable energy suppliers and utilities across Europe to develop, adopt, test and spread innovative energy poverty schemes. More specifically, the project aims to build the capacity of energy suppliers and utilities and enable them to use the decision support tools developed within the framework of the project to effectively target energy poor households and implement energy efficiency schemes.
Participating utilities and energy suppliers from Croatia (HEP ESCO), France (EDF), Greece (PPC), Ireland (ESB), Italy (EVISO), Latvia (FORTUM), Romania (CEZ VANZARE) and Spain (NATURGY) will develop Energy Poverty Action plans, which will outline innovative schemes and actions to alleviate energy poverty. Subsequently, energy efficiency interventions at the household level will be facilitated and the increased use of renewable energy will be fostered.
SocialWatt will also bridge the gap between energy companies and social services by promoting collaboration and implementing knowledge transfer and capacity building activities that focus on the development of schemes that invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency interventions to alleviate energy poverty.