The app-supported Earning Local Support Academy (ELSA) for renewable energy projects in Ireland in support of Ireland’s ambitious renewable energy targets and local sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Project Description

The Earning Local Support Academy (ELSA) project will develop an app-supported platform that provides information and training for developers and host communities to partner in the planning and implementation of win-win renewable energy projects, and so build local support. The academy and its app will be developed with input from local sustainability and energy focused organisations, host communities, developers and authorities with the goal to create an understanding between the stakeholders involved in a project, and ultimately achieve projects that benefit each of them.

ELSA supports a streamlined planning, participatory assessment and implementation process beneficial to all stakeholders to support decision-makers, developers and communities on the front lines of the energy transition with a focus on broadening local support for high quality energy transformation developments.

The initial primary focus is offshore and onshore wind energy developments