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By Heike Winkler - highlighting how accelerating the offshore wind sector through fair tendering, resilient supply chains and sustainability criteria can strengthen European industrial competitiveness, support climate goals, and ensure a just, sovereign energy transition.

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Implemented by telecoms operator A1 Hrvatska and funded under the EU’s LIFE programme, the LIFE4GREENBROADBAND project offers a blueprint for low-carbon energy solutions, not only throughout the Mediterranean, but also anywhere in Europe.

LIFE TURBINES, a Spanish-Italian project funded by the EU, generates electricity by harnessing excess pressure in domestic water supplies. This technology promotes the development of smart cities and the decarbonisation of urban water systems.

Amiestas is a public non-profit institution that supports energy-efficient refurbishment, operating as a one-stop-shop (OSS) for renovations in the city since 2020.

The Community Energy for Social Housing in Otterbeek, Mechelen, provides renewable energy access to vulnerable tenants. It is working with the community to equip 200 housing units with solar panels and deliver clean energy at below-market rates in Belgium.

Sophie Loots is a champion of grassroots energy cooperatives in Flanders, combining empathy and passion to drive the ZuidtrAnt – a cooperative, which works for and with locals to achieve affordable and green energy in the community.

Spanish architect and associate professor Carmen Sánchez-Guevara has combined research with architectural practice to bring the critical issues of extreme heat and summer energy poverty to the forefront of the European political agenda.

Nine finalists have been announced in three categories for the 2025​ European Sustainable Energy Awards (EUSEW Awards), recognising outstanding individuals and projects for their innovation and efforts in energy efficiency and renewables.