The goals of the project is improvement of the capacities of public authorities to develop and implement local strategies and action plans for enhancing the use of RES in small district heating networks. 

This outcome will lead to: 

• fossil fuels and CO₂ emission reduction, 
• improvement of local air quality,
• socio-economic benefits for local communities through the growths of technical, expertise and the start-up of investments and innovative financial tools.

Activities planned in the selected region (Płońsk Energy Cluster):

• creation of a Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group, including representatives of entities and institutions interested in increasing the share of RES in heating,
• diagnosis of the heating market, with particular emphasis on current and potential use of renewable energy sources,
• analysis of the potential for further use of RES to supply consumers with district heating,
• development of an action plan to increase the use of renewable energy in heating,
• preparation of a pilot investment - a small heating system based on renewable Energy,
• proposing an innovative financial tools supporting the development of heating systems based on renewable Energy,
• adaptation to the Polish conditions of the Austrian Quality Management System "QM Holzheizwerke".

Implementation period: April 2019 – March 2022

Participating countries: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Italy

Financing: INTERREG CENRAL EUROPE

Events:

• 1st meeting of the Polish Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group within the ENTRAIN project
• 2nd meeting of the Polish Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group within the ENTRAIN project
• 3rd meeting of the Polish Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group within the ENTRAIN project
• 4th meeting of the Polish Regional Stakeholder Advisory Group within the ENTRAIN project

Local training:

• 1st local training concerned heating sector in Poland, its possibilities of cooperation with RES and to present existing good examples of objects that use local renewable energy sources for heat production.
• 2nd local training concerned economics aspects and possibilities of financing investments related to the development of small district heating networks using renewable energy sources.
• 3rd local training on environmental aspects related to the development of small district heating networks using renewable energy sources.
• 4th local training on optimization and operation of small district heating networks using renewable energy sources.

Project materials:

• Initial survey in the target area
• Regional Action Plan

Publications:

• Project Leaflet
• Roll-up

Project video

• Płońsk for development of low-carbon economy and use of renewable energy
  

Newsletter:

• Newsletter 1 (October 2019)
• Newsletter 2 (March 2020)
• Newsletter 3 (November 2020)
• Newsletter 4 (March 2021)
• Newsletter 5 (October 2021)
• Newsletter 6 (March 2022)

Project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/ENTRAIN.html