Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

A succesfull take-off of EC's in the 2-Seas region. The new LEC-option in legislation gets adopted by the stakeholders, the market and energy consumers to create energy synergies and cooperation models. This should lead to unlocking extra potential of mid-scale sustainable energy (large solar PV, CHP, district heating, microgrids, storage, wind...) shared in the EC's. The acceptance and adoption of sustainable energy technologies increases with businesses, citizens and/or organisations.

Achievements (EN):

LECSEA stands as an award-winning project, distinguished for its innovation and ambition. Despite the inherent risks and challenges, it paved the way for new possibilities that continue to inspire many others. Awards made clear that LECSEAs breakthroughs were recognised. West Sussex County Council was one of the winners of the ADE’s Decentralised Energy Awards 2023 (https://www.theade.co.uk/news/ade-news/winners-of-ades-decentralised-ene...) and Leiedal received for Campus Wevelgem the "Wivina Demeester prijs" (https://vlaamsbouwmeester.be/nl/nieuws/laureaten-prijs-wivina-demeester-...). The LECSEA project operated in a variety of difficult contexts, such as: COVID, supply chain crisis, energy crisis, inflation, and the fact that the implementation of the Energy Directives on Energy Communities did not have the impact on the field as many expected at the start of the project. LECSEA held a broad understanding of energy communities and energy sharing, how it worked and did not work. LECSEA partners were persistent, flexible, and inventive. Lighthouse demonstrators and investments needed to be reoriented, strategies redefined, business cases and technical concepts adjusted and updated. With their great perseverance, the LECSEA partners never gave up and managed to deliver more than was originally planned. In this context, they organised more events, webinars, conferences, presentations. As a result, more target groups were reached. The lighthouse demonstrators & investments triggered more investments (€), more renewable energy production (MWh/y) and more carbon reduction (tCO2) than originally planned. Beyond the figures, LECSEA succeeded very interesting innovations that shine far beyond the project. On site, Voerman Anzegem (BE), a shared fifth generation district heating scheme that was implemented. At Manor Royal (UK), business joined a completely new type of structure. In France, social tenants had access to shared solar PV on their roof: the first in France! A shared Borehole Energy Storage system was realised in Campus Wevelgem. Finally, a neighbourhood in Veurne was heated with waste heat, from a crisp bakery, supported by a complex arrangement of stakeholders.

Website: https://www.lecsea.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The project main outputs are: ● A service Centre on Energy Communities in the 2-Seas area. A library of tested and tailor-made tools, services, and methodologies to enable EC facilitators and different target groups (businesses, social housing, citizens, clusters of public and/or private organisations). ● A knowledge platform on EC's in the 2 Seas area that enabled participation and knowledge sharing amongst EC stakeholders and potential end users. The platforms were organised on regional, national and cross-border levels. ● 7 Energy Communities lighthouse demonstrators, making use of the new legal options of creating ECs. ● 2 Infrastructures for EC's: electricity sharing. Investments in the technical innovations/solutions needed to realise a smart-grid alike energy sharing infrastructure. ● 3 Infrastructures for EC's: heat/cold sharing. Investments in the technical innovations/solutions needed to realise 4th generation district heating & cooling schemes. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Renewable energy Energy efficiency

Specific Objective: Increase the adoption of low-carbon technologies and applications in sectors that have the potential for a high reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Thematic Objective: (04) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by:

Investment Priority: (04f) promoting research and innovation in, and adoption of, low-carbon technologies

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Intercommunale Leiedal

Department: space & environment

Address: President Kennedypark 10, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 214 255.81

ERDF budget: EUR 728 553.49

Community Infrastructure Group CIC

Name: Community Infrastructure Group CIC

Address: 13 St. Marks Road, PO12 2DA Gosport, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 68 571.30

ERDF budget: EUR 41 142.78

Essex County Council

Name: Essex County Council

Department: Environment and Climate Action

Address: Market Road, CM1 1QH Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 368 218.39

ERDF budget: EUR 220 931.03

Pas-de-Calais habitat

Name: Pas-de-Calais habitat

Department: Department of Innovation

Address: 4, avenue des Droits de l’Homme, 62022 Arras , France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 910 243.07

ERDF budget: EUR 546 145.84

CD2E - Centre de développement des éco-entreprises

Name: CD2E - Centre de développement des éco-entreprises

Department: Energie

Address: Base du 11/19, 62750 Loos-en-Gohelle, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 308 753.14

ERDF budget: EUR 185 251.88

Universiteit Gent

Name: Universiteit Gent

Department: Centre of Environmental & energy law

Address: Wetenschapspark 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 356 351.23

ERDF budget: EUR 213 810.74

West Sussex County Council

Name: West Sussex County Council

Department: Your Energy Sussex

Address: County Hall, PO19 1RQ Chichester, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 330 506.64

ERDF budget: EUR 798 303.98

Gemeente Breda

Name: Gemeente Breda

Department: Department of Real estate development

Address: Claudius Prinsenlaan 10, 4800 Breda, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 205 344.97

ERDF budget: EUR 123 206.98

West-Vlaamse Intercommunale

Name: West-Vlaamse Intercommunale

Department: Department Enterprise

Address: Baron Ruzettelaan 35, 8000 Brugge, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 231 901.60

ERDF budget: EUR 739 140.96

Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen

Name: Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen

Department: Department Sustainable Economy

Address: Wetenschapspark 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 119 800.95

ERDF budget: EUR 71 880.57

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Community Infrastructure Group CIC

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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Essex County Council

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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Pas-de-Calais Habitat

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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CD2E - Centre de développement des éco-entreprises

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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Universiteit Gent

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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West Sussex County Council

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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Gemeente Breda

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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West-Vlaamse Intermunicipality / Ostende airport region

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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Intercommunale Leiedal

Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

Lead partner

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Summary

Project name (EN): Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

Project acronym: LECSEA

Project start date: 2020-02-01

Project end date: 2023-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 6 113 947.10

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 668 368.25

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

Co-financing sources:

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Comparative assessment of enabling frameworks for recs and support scheme designs

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2022-08-31

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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2024-12-17

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82 / 82 (100%)

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886 / 887 (99.89%)

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Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region

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