Plan your local energy future
The PLENTY-Life-Hub gives information on how you can enable your small or medium-sized municipality to manage the clean energy transition using the PLENTY-Life approach.
It introduces the HISEP approach, combining technical expertise with local participation, and offers guidance, examples and resources to support cities on their path to a sustainable, climate-neutral future.
The project
PLENTY-Life develops and institutionalises the HISEP methodology — a cross-sectoral planning approach that integrates energy systems with urban development. By building capacity in small and medium-sized cities, the project enables municipalities to prepare and monitor long-term strategies for the clean energy transition. With pilot cases across Europe, PLENTY-Life demonstrates how local authorities can co-create practical, science-based solutions to achieve climate neutrality by 2030 and 2050. The PLENTY-Life project is co-funded by the European Union via the LIFE programme.
The PLENTY-Life approach – HISEP
The PLENTY-Life approach follows a methodology of Holistic Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning (HISEP) which is based on four pillars:
- Review and Screening of current state: Analysis of urban/spatial planning tools and local clean energy strategies
- Capacity building: Build local expertise for developing clean energy transition strategies and plans
- Strategy development: Pilot case studies demonstrating the integrated process of clean energy strategy preparation
- Stakeholder involvement: Establishing a co-creation process to deliver sustainable clean energy transition strategies and plans
These four pillars are not sequential, but rather iterative, having influence on each other.
Co-creation process, involving administration and civil society, needs and potentials, building on existing strategies and integrating energy system into municipal development plan.
To see some testimonies from pilots, check the Benefits page.
Partners
PLENTY-Life was developed by a consortium of 11 partners from 5 countries. The 6 scientific partners contributed with their specific expertise, while the 5 regional partners were representing the 7 pilot municipalities in which the PLENTY-Life approach was implemented.
