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ESEIA, the European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance, is a European association of cross-sector organisations leading the field of sustainable energy systems, from energy provision to energy consumption in research, teaching and innovation. As a cross-sector alliance, ESEIA approaches energy transition from a systemic point of view by:

• managing sustainable energy innovation programmes;
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organising expert panels;
• designing entrepreneurial education programmes;
• fostering international cooperation;
• promoting dialogue with the public and lobbying for sustainable energy solutions on various levels.

17/08/2026

| Our member ADENE - Agência para a Energia, PT is building the next generation of energy ambassadors in Mozambique with Energy Roadshow in partnership with Universidade Eduardo Mondlane - UEM in Mozambique.

The initiative reflects the spirit of Europe–Africa collaboration that also underpins ESEIA’s activities. ADENE is an ESEIA member, while UEM is a partner in the EMERGE EU Project, where ESEIA leads dissemination and communication.

The programme also connects with two key ESEIA events this autumn:

𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐀 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 – 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 | 8 October 2026 | Online

Exploring the challenges and opportunities of sustainable energy transitions in African contexts.

Registration: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Eseia1/ESEIALectureSeries19thLecture

EMERGE EU Project Final Event | 23 November 2026, Lisbon, PT

Taking place during the 7th ESEIA Conference. | Registration: https://7eseiaconference.lneg.pt/

Congratulations to ADENE - Agência para a Energia and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane on this inspiring initiative!

Read more:

https://eseia.eu/news/member-news-adene-brings-energy-literacy-training-to-mozambique/

11/08/2026

| Tyndall National Institute 🇮🇪, ESEIA - European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance member, has achieved the SEAI EXEED Certification, Ireland's national recognition for Excellence in Energy Efficient Design.

The results speak for themselves:

✅ 21% reduction in annual energy consumption
✅ 1,101 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent saved per year
✅ 6 years of infrastructure investment in labs & cleanrooms

💡 What makes this especially remarkable: Tyndall operates over 12 GWh of energy annually to power complex research facilities and still chose to put energy reduction first, before implementing any low-carbon technologies.

👏 Congratulations to the Tyndall National Institute team on this important achievement and for demonstrating how research excellence and energy efficiency can go hand in hand!

Research institutions don't just study the energy transition, they can lead it.

👉 Read the full story: https://eseia.eu/news/member-news-tyndall-national-institute-achieves-national-certification-for-energy-efficiency-excellence/

30/07/2026

| ESEIA Working Groups continued to actively support European research and innovation funding activities during the second quarter of 2026 with five Horizon Europe and MSCA proposals submitted, involving ESEIA members from across Europe and representing a combined budget of approximately €𝟏𝟑.𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧.

The proposals addressed topics ranging from renewable energy systems and sustainable biorefineries to advanced materials, gender-inclusive engineering, and rural innovation.

More proposals are already in the making for submission from September onwards; stay tuned!

👉 Learn more: https://eseia.eu/news/eseia-project-acquisition-update-2/

🔒 The full Project Acquisition Update, including proposal summaries and consortia, is available to ESEIA members only in the MY ESEIA area.

28/07/2026

📢 | On 24 June 2026, our member The Cyprus Institute unveiled ⚡ – Insights, a new online platform improving access to information on the Cyprus Competitive Electricity Market.

The platform brings together publicly available data across the Forward Market, the Day-Ahead Market and the balancing markets, offering clear visualisations, summary metrics and exportable datasets on electricity prices, trading volumes, the generation mix and the share of sources.

Learn more: https://eseia.eu/news/member-news-the-cyprus-institute-launches-cycem-insights-a-new-platform-for-transparency-on-the-cyprus-electricity-market/

A practical information hub enhancing transparency and enabling data-driven energy analysis – freely available at cycem-insights.cyi.ac.cy 👏

14/07/2026

📣 | We are proud to highlight the latest news from our member, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - FEEIT at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje / Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје, North Macedonia 🇲🇰

FEEIT has joined BUSUnited (BUILD UP Skills United), a pan-European project under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition programme, aimed at advancing the skills and competences needed for the energy transition and decarbonisation of the construction sector across Europe.

As a project partner, FEEIT contributes through its expertise in , energy efficiency, sustainable development, , and . The Faculty is highly active in six Communities of Practice, where it participates in thematic discussions, the exchange of experience, the identification of challenges, and the promotion of solutions for development in the construction sector.

As one of ESEIA's newest members, FEEIT brings to the Alliance a strong track record in European energy and skills projects and a growing role as a regional hub for sustainable energy education in the Western Balkans.

🔗 Read more: https://eseia.eu/news/feeit-joins-european-busunited-project-for-green-construction-skills/

09/07/2026

"Europe is consistently lagging behind compared to other world regions in innovation performance. And the performance gap is widening."

Strong words from ESEIA Director Brigitte Hasewend in our latest Sustainable Energy Insight episode, and a clear-eyed look at what it will take to close that gap: 3% GDP invested in R&I, deep reforms, and playing the cohesion card as FP10 takes shape.
We also talk about:

• Why alliances deliver what no single organisation can. ESEIA brings together 23 members from 13 countries and 350 experts, creating the scale, diversity and expertise no single organisation can achieve alone.
• Breaking the legal and financial barriers that slow market uptake of clean energy solutions
• The shift "From Widening to Transformation" and what transition countries actually need

And her opening line, which stays with you: "We need to understand that we are part of nature's book."

🎧 Full episode on YouTube & Spotify. Link in the first comment.
Subscribe to the ESEIA YouTube channel to stay updated with new Sustainable Energy Insight – ESEIA Podcast episodes.

You can also read the full text version of the episode here: https://eseia.eu/news/sustainable-energy-insight-podcast-building-europes-energy-innovation-ecosystem-insights-from-eseia-director-brigitte-hasewend/

07/07/2026

🎉𝐀 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟔𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

From our very first issue to today, this newsletter has grown into a space where our members and partners comes together to share progress on Europe's clean energy transition.

This Summer 2026 Edition brings you:

✅ A special ESEIA podcast & blog edition with ESEIA Director Brigitte Hasewend

✅ ESEIA Working Groups' project acquisition efforts focusing on innovative solutions for vertical space, energy performance and integration of clean technologies in the built environment

✅ The latest from our Horizon Europe projects: INITIATE HORIZON EUROPE PROJECT, EMERGE EU Project and ToFuel Project

✅ News from : ADENE - Agência para a Energia, PT, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, FI, and Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov , RO

✅ Registration now open for our upcoming ESEIA Lecture Series and the 7th ESEIA International Conference in Portugal hosted by LNEG.

As we look ahead to these upcoming events, we want to thank every member, partner, and reader who has been part of this journey. Here's to the next 60 editions of building a stronger, more connected, and more sustainable Europe together. 🤝

Learn more: https://eseia.eu/news/eseia-celebrates-its-60th-newsletter-edition/

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30/06/2026

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧?

These were among the key questions discussed at the high-level conference Unite! Widening "From Widening to Transformation: European Universities as Engines of Inclusion and Innovation", held in Brussels on 17–18 June 2026.

Representing the ESEIA - European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance, Brigitte Hasewend, Director and Member of the Governing Council, presented "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑&𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬", highlighting the importance of long-term collaboration, institutional capacity building, and European thematic alliances in strengthening the European Research Area - ERA.

💬 As highlighted during the presentation: "European Thematic Alliances have a special role to play to bridge the knowledge divide. Through the ESEIA Working Groups, ESEIA ensure a permanent inclusive structure for collaboration on R&I gaps."

The conference brought together senior representatives of the European Commission, including Joerg Niehoff, Deputy Head of Unit ERA, Spreading Excellence & Research Careers, DG R&I, Stefan Zotti, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Education & Culture, Krzysztof Kuik, Director, Clean Planet Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, alongside leaders of European university alliances, research organisations and higher education institutions.

➡️ Read more about ESEIA's contribution to this important European dialogue: https://eseia.eu/news/eseia-contributes-to-ri-high-level-european-dialogue-on-widening-and-institutional-transformation-in-brussels/

25/06/2026

✈️🍅 From tomato residues to Sustainable Aviation Fuel — stay informed from the very beginning. The first edition of the ToFuel Project Newsletter is almost here!

As the communication and dissemination leader of the Horizon Europe ToFuel Project, ESEIA - European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance is pleased to announce that the very first is on its way.

Discover how a European consortium is working to transform tomato production and processing residues into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other valuable bio-based products, contributing to a more circular and climate-neutral future.

Be among the first to receive:

🔹 Project milestones and achievements
🔹 Research and innovation highlights
🔹 Circular bioeconomy insights
🔹 Partner news and collaboration opportunities
🔹 Upcoming events and activities

👉 Sign up today at https://www.tofuel-project.eu/ and stay connected with the latest developments from the project.

is proud to support the communication, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement activities of , helping bring innovative sustainable energy solutions closer to industry, policymakers, researchers, and society.

Learn more: https://eseia.eu/ongoing-projects/tofuel/

23/06/2026

⚡ Savonia University of Applied Sciences, FI has launched its Energy Consumption Data Analyst tool; a new applied resource designed to support organisations and practitioners in monitoring, analysing, and acting on data.

Developed by Savonia's Energy Research Centre in Varkaus, the tool puts practical energy intelligence in reach supporting the decarbonisation work that businesses and institutions across Finland and Europe are urgently scaling up. 📊

👉 Read more: https://eseia.eu/news/savonia-uas-launches-energy-consumption-data-analyst-tool-to-support-smarter-energy-management/

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