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Change in the position of Executive Director in The Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie Cités”
We are pleased to inform you that there has been a change on the position of the Executive Director in our Association.
On the 1st of October, Mrs. Anna Jaskuła was appointed by the Board for the position of the Executive Director and Mrs. Maria Stankiewicz will become the Director’s Advisor.
Congratulations!
The PNEC team
Kisielice wins ManagEnergy Award 2014: a shining example for other Polish communities
This summer, the community of Kisielice – in 2010 the winner of Polish RES Champions League in the biomass cathegory - won the European Commission’s ManagEnergy Award 2014, the top prize for outstanding local and regional sustainable energy projects. Mayor Tomasz Koprowiak received the Award during the EU Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels. Kisielice, a small community in the province of Warmia-Mazury, is a pioneer of local sustainable energy - setting an example for other communities in Poland and across Europe.
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2014
Do you organise an event on sustainable energy in June? Be promoted by the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2014!
EUSEW2014, an initiative of the European Commission, is the leading event on sustainable energy in Europe. The 9th edition takes place in June. Your organisation, company, NGO, municipality or region can profit from the promotion by the EUSEW platform.
Meet the Ambassadors of the Polish Covenant of Mayors Dialogue Platform!
We are pleased to present you the Ambassadors of the Polish Covenant of Mayors Dialogue Platform, which was created within the framework of the NET-COM project implemented by our Association in the period 2011-2013.
The role of the Ambassadors is to promote climate protection and the Covenant of Mayors initiative, as well as to represent the CoM signatories in the country and abroad. Among the Ambassadors there are representatives of six cities and municipalities active in the field of sustainable energy, who are also members of our Association: Bielawa, Częstochowa, Dzierżoniów, Gniewino, Lubin and Raciechowice.
Recommendations and tips available on-line at the Green Twinning helpdesk
We warmly invite all signatories of the Covenant of Mayors and local authorities interested in this initiative to use HELPDESK created within the framework of the Green Twinning Project and available on-line in English.
The project partners (EXERGIA, SEC, PNEC ZRMK and AER) offer via HELPDESK the technical support and guidance for the development of successful SEAPs and implementation of specific actions in the field of energy efficiency and use of RES implemented under the Covenant of Mayors.
RENERGY Holds Mid-Term Conference in Worms
Renewable energy experts from across Europe gathered in Worms, Germany for the Mid-Term Conference and 4th Steering Group Meeting of the RENERGY project on 10-11th October.
Inauguration of new educational project EURONET 50/50 MAX
Over 100 people participated in a conference and workshop devoted to the issue of energy saving at schools and other public buildings. The events, which took place in Cracow on 26-27 of September 2013, officially launched implementation of our New educational project EURONET 50/50 MAX. Among the participants there were representatives of local authorities and schools involved in the project, as well as of other public institutions willing to save energy and money at the same time.
2nd Energy Lab in Jasło
August 27, 2013, in the meeting room of the Jaslo City Hall the second Energy Lab was organized within RENERGY project, co-financed by the EU European Regional Development Fund under the Interreg IVC programme. The meeting brought together 27 participants: representatives of local authorities from 12 municipalities, from Gorlice District and the Union of the Wisłoka River Basin Communes and PNEC. This time the lab was conducted around the theme of regional strategies for energy-conscious communities, especially about case studies activities.
Polish municipalities take advantage from Spanish experience related to RES use
 Representatives of twinning cities: Manuel Alarcón Pérez, Mayor of Padul and Kazimierz Stoltmann, Deputy Mayor of Kościerzyna |
Representatives of two municipalities from the pool of Polish municipalities involved in the Green Twinning Project (co-financed from IEE) – Kościerzyna and Piaseczno – participated in the study tour to Grenada Province in Southern Spain. They had the opportunity to visit different RES installations in the Province area and to learn about interesting measures implemented by Spanish municipalities to reduce the energy consumption on their territories.
The study tour started on 23rd of July 2013 with the visit in the main Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) of the metropolitan area of Granada (51% public, 49% private) in Churriana de la Vega municipality. The participants observed the structure, operation and efficiency of the sewage treatment plant as well as the biogas cogeneration facility that was installed in 2001 and takes advantage of the gas generated in the process of purification of water. The biogas generated in anaerobic mesophilic digestion (in the amount of approximately 3 500 m3/day) is collected in two tanks at a pressure of 25 mbar, and then used to produce electricity and heat in a cogeneration unit. The approximate daily energy production is 7.500 kWh. This helps to secure about 60% of energy demand of the plant.
Public conference Michelhausen/AT EU project VIS NOVA
The VIS NOVA project, which started in May 2011, is part of the Central Europe program and has the objective of strengthening the energy independence of local authorities. Rising energy prices cause, that security of supply and affordable energy as well as its efficient use became a key competitive advantage and location factor.
