Whilst energy communities can take different forms and have different aims, they all play an important role in Europe’s digital energy transition by supporting citizens' energy choices. Energy communities can also support citizens to become prosumers (e.g. both consumers and producers of energy). In this fact sheet you will:

• Explore some challenges to energy democratisation.
• Understand how the RESCHOOL project is supporting energy communities to address barriers and challenges to energy democracy.

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Get inspired! Explore some resources on energy democracy:

• Find out more about The European Green Deal and EU support for energy communities.  
• Explore worldwide examples of via the Energy Democracy map.  
• Deepen your understanding of the history of energy democracy in Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review.
• Read the Green European Journal article From energy crisis to energy democracy.
• Review the Journal of European Integration paper Four pathways for energy citizenship initiatives to contribute to a more democratic European energy system.
• Consider the Green European Foundation policy brief The Future of the EU’s Energy Project.