Inspiring Energy Solutions Powering our Cities, Homes and Businesses

From successful agrivoltaic projects to football stadiums powered entirely by rooftop solar, from wind turbines co-owned by local communities to innovative energy recycling systems for grocery stores, Beyond Fossil Fuels' new Local Energy Solutions map highlights over 250 local renewable energy projects across Europe.

These projects are doing much more than just providing clean power. They’re improving air quality, lowering energy bills, creating jobs, revitalising old industrial sites, and addressing energy poverty. They are true solution multipliers.

We must end our reliance on fossil fuels, and this transition offers more than just a shift from one energy source to another. It’s a chance to redesign our energy system with a focus on community, innovation, shared prosperity, and environmental stewardship. By accelerating the deployment of renewable energy solutions at the local level, communities throughout Europe are demonstrating that clean power generation and social and environmental care are two sides of the same coin. 

Through the Local Energy Solutions map we want to inspire communities, local leaders, businesses, and civil society to replicate existing ideas and apply them in new contexts with people and their environment at the centre of the process.