26 new Pilot Cities in the NetZeroCities program

The NetZeroCities project has secured new funding through the Horizon Europe program, a call that supports research and innovation in the European Union. These will go towards helping twenty-six cities in Europe and countries associated with the Horizon Europe program to become Pilot Cities, acting as innovation incubators for their decarbonization by 2030.

Activities will range from building electrification and new options to energy transition, to innovative citizen participation methodologies and governance models, all over a two-year period.

Cities selected to be part of the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Program will also receive additional support from experts and have the opportunity to learn from the other cities in the program.

These cities belong to the second call for Mission Cities to join the program, increasing the number to seventy-nine. Seven of these are Spanish and have been actively working on this project since June 2023, with joint actions to decarbonize the urban system through the rehabilitation of buildings, the promotion of renewable energies through self-consumption models and energy communities.

The third and last call of the Pilot Cities Program is open and will be open until the end of March of this year to those Mission Cities that are not yet in the program. In May, the selection of cities that will begin to participate will be announced and their entry will be formalized in September.

The Polytechnic University of Madrid actively collaborates in the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme, in the creation and facilitation of conversation spaces between these Pilot Cities and the Twin Cities. The first session took place on 25 October 2023 with the attendance of the Spanish Pilot Cities, Liberec, Leuven and Kozani. The second one is scheduled to take place between March and April 2024.

The NetZeroCities project has secured new funding through the Horizon Europe program, a call that supports research and innovation in the European Union. These will go towards helping twenty-six cities in Europe and countries associated with the Horizon Europe program to become Pilot Cities, acting as innovation incubators for their decarbonization by 2030.

Activities will range from building electrification and new options to energy transition, to innovative citizen participation methodologies and governance models, all over a two-year period.

Cities selected to be part of the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Program will also receive additional support from experts and have the opportunity to learn from the other cities in the program.

These cities belong to the second call for Mission Cities to join the program, increasing the number to seventy-nine. Seven of these are Spanish and have been actively working on this project since June 2023, with joint actions to decarbonize the urban system through the rehabilitation of buildings, the promotion of renewable energies through self-consumption models and energy communities.

The third and last call of the Pilot Cities Program is open and will be open until the end of March of this year to those Mission Cities that are not yet in the program. In May, the selection of cities that will begin to participate will be announced and their entry will be formalized in September.

The Polytechnic University of Madrid actively collaborates in the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme, in the creation and facilitation of conversation spaces between these Pilot Cities and the Twin Cities. The first session took place on 25 October 2023 with the attendance of the Spanish Pilot Cities, Liberec, Leuven and Kozani. The second one is scheduled to take place between March and April 2024.