A succesfull take-off of Energy Communities (EC's) in the 2-Seas region. The new LEC-option in legislation gets adopted by the stakeholders, the market and energy consumers to create energy synergies and cooperation models. This will lead to unlocking extra potential of mid-scale sustainable energy (large solar PV, CHP, district heating, microgrids, storage, wind...) shared in the EC's. The acceptance and adoption of sustainable energy technologies increases with businesses, citizens and/or organisations. Carbon redudtion via more sustainable energy production.

• Knowledge building with 640 potential EC-stakeholders and decision makers reached with the knowledge platform
• 8 lighthouse demonstration projects throughout the 2-Seas region with a different scope.
• €30 MLN investments triggered via the lighthouse demonstrators
• 15.000 MWh renewable energy production per year by the 8 lighthouse projects
• 3.750 tCO2 savings per year by the 8 lighthouse projects

Ghent University leads the work package that focusses on building up knowledge, tools and methodologies. These tools, models and services will be made available via a one-stop-shop (the LECSea Resource Database) to empower key stakeholders in the 2 Seas countries to set-up or facilitate ECs beyond the LECSea pilots. In addition Ghent University will produce a policy benchmark, with an overview of legal developments on ECs in the context of the “Clean Energy for All Europeans Package”, as well as a report on best practices and most prominent and reoccurring barriers for ECs. This report will serve as input for recommendations for a transnational policy framework. The inventory of barriers will be based on the outcome of interviews with the LECSea EC pilots conducted by Ghent University.