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On the 16th and 17th October 2008 PEPESEC Partners were welcomed to Murcia, South Spain. The Partners were here to view the Energy Planning Projects in the region. The Study tour was started with presentations on Sustainable Urban Mobility, Strategy for Public Transport, Bio-diesel Project, Introduction of Cycling as an Alternative to motorized Transport, along with a presentation of programs promoting renewable energy in the town of Murcia.

The partners were then taken on a site tour. The Tour included going to The University of Murcia to see a solar cooling system for a building along with their trials of wind Power Energy, then a trip to a Bioclimatic building which has been built into the hillside which uses the land and natural wind to regulate temperature all year round. A visit to a Solid waste plant showed how they are  harvesting the gases to make Biogas for use in electrical production, with a visit to a sewage treatment plant  showing how harvested gases from the process are turned into bio gas to power cars.

On the second day of the visit the Partners went to the Agencia de Desarrollo Local del Excmo in Murcia for a project meeting. After the meeting there was also a second Energy Planning clinic for the Project, where the partners could talk through their issues in regards to the project with other partners.

The next study visit is proposed to take place in Genoa in March 2009.

The next partners meeting and study visit has now been scheduled for Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of October 2008 in Murcia. At this event we will be going on a study visit to see how Murcia is using sustainable/renewable energy. There will also be a project partners meeting, along with a project workshop with a questions and answers session.

On the 25th and 26th June PEPESEC Partners were welcomed to Greater Manchester to sample the highlights of Energy Planning, the Manchester and Oldham Way!

The partners were also able to sample Manchester summer time! (Umbrellas were required!)

The project Partners Meeting and PEPESEC Study Visit has been scheduled for the 25th and 26th June 2008 and will be held in Manchester. The visit will include an Introduction to Energy Planning the Manchester and Oldham Way, a study tour of some of the related Sustainable/renewable projects underway or being developed in Greater Manchester [...]

The first project study visit to Malmö, Sweden, which took place on 9th-11th of June 2008, was a success thanks to the hard work and innovative thinking of our Swedish partners; The City of Malmö and Skåne energy Agency (SEA).

One of the first phases of the PEPESEC Project is developing an effective “Knowledge Base”. In other words a collection of facts, experiences and lessons learnt in relation to implementing Local Energy planning, creating Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC), etc across Europe. Once the best examples have been identified these can be used to help overcome the challenges and barriers related to the above and establishing new and innovative ways of approaching this task. The aim of this is to provoke a common understanding between all the PEPESEC Partners.

As part of the PEPESEC Project all the Project Partners are going to attend a project meeting, study tour and training seminar in Malmö, Sweden. This will be the first project meeting since the Project Launch meeting which took place in Manchester on 25th January 2008 and the first of 6 planned study visits to the participating partner’s city-regions.