PATH2RES

PATH-TO-RES is an Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) project with a total budget of 688,404 Euros, 50% co-financed by the European Union, with the aim to develop a 7-step assessment tool based on real data from local and regional energy systems, by analyzing and evaluating a number of case studies in European countries.
The project started on 1 October 2007 and has partners from Göteborg (Sweden), Valencia (Spain), Dunkerque (France), Gdansk (Poland), Arnhem and, Lochem (Netherlands).
Objectives of the project
The main interest of the PATH-TO-RES project is to use this tool on a municipal level as groundwork for planning and executing the change of the local energy system into a sustainable one.
The project sets a detailed description of the present system, studying the possibilities and the technical and institutional barriers of the energy transformation process, as well as the creating a more sustainable, renewable and efficient energy systems.
The geographical coverage is based on 6 case studies. Those are used as the main way to develop the 7 steps from which the guideline for transforming local energy systems is formulated. The following case studies will be the groundwork of the analysis with the aim to be generally applicable and relevant (i.e. at least to the EU):
*The natural gas bridge, Göteborg (Sweden)
*The Valencian Region (Spain)
*The City of Dunkerque (France)
*De Stoere Houtman, Arnhem (Netherlands)
*The Cross border community of Lochem (Netherlands)
*The City of Gdansk (Poland)
Expected results
Besides the 7-step assessment tool, the project expects to have the following results:
*A presentation which should show how the initial conditions and apparition of the local energy systems should be described and evaluated. This will be showed in a general form and illustrated through the case studies of the action.
*A detailed description of the case studies experience, regarding the setting of guidelines to transformation of local energy systems, applying the 7-step check-list proposed.
*An evaluation process which can be used as a model on how markets and local actors can guarantee that the local energy markets and industries can develop in an acceptable manner, while turning the local energy systems into sustainability and fulfilling global goals on sustainable development.
*Seminars and workshops.

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