City-citizen collaboration: Episode on the LIFE LOOP journey for vibrant energy communities

From City Stories by Energy Cities by Energy Cities

September 25, 2025 · 36 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the collaboration between cities and citizens in establishing local renewable energy projects through the LIFE LOOP initiative.

In this episode of City Stories, I’m joined by two community energy experts I know well and I loved working with lately: my colleague Anna Francis from Energy Cities and Dimitris Katsakaprakis from Minoan Energy Community, the biggest energy community in Greece. Together, we’ve been working in the LIFE LOOP project, helping cities and communities set up joint local renewable energy projects. We’ll talk about what it takes to make city services and citizen groups work together. What culture and knowledge does it require to come up with a viable energy community where ownership is shared? https://energy-cities.eu/lifeloop This episode was made possible by funding from the EU LIFE-CET program.

People in this episode

Guests: Anna Francis, Dimitris Katsakaprakis

Topics covered

city services
citizen groups
renewable energy
energy communities

Keywords

LIFE LOOP
community energy
collaboration
EU LIFE-CET program

Mentioned in this episode

Products: LIFE LOOP

Places: Greece