100 Communities - RES Partnership, 100% RES system in the Lüchow-Dannenberg District, Germany
Type: CaseStudy
Abstract
The European Commission Campaign For Take-Off to promote the use of renewable energies has set itself the task of identifying "100 communities" with the aim of obtaining an energy supply using exclusively renewable energy sources, preferably combining several technologies. As one of the first regions in Europe, the Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg district authority signed the partnership agreement. In October 2000, the district received the Award 2000 for being the best rural region.
Keywords: Sustainable energy planning; General approach; Biogas
This case study was elaborated by Energie-Cités in collaboration with the District of Lüchow - Dannenberg. It received funding from the ALTENER Programme of Energy and Transport DG of the European Commission.



