Clean Energy Transition · Standard Action Project
LIFE REALS
Renewable Energy in Artificial Land Surfaces
About the project
The Renewable Energy Directive requires Member States to speed up renewable energy permitting and to prioritise artificial and built surfaces, yet barriers linked to site selection and spatial planning receive less attention and artificial land is often deprioritised in favour of greenfield investment. LIFE REALS aims to ensure that by 2028 permit-granting authorities and related bodies in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Spain and Ukraine have the knowledge and capacity to overcome permitting barriers and market constraints and to ensure social inclusion in onshore wind and solar deployment on artificial land surfaces, with results extended to at least seven further EU Member States. The project builds an integrated knowledge base with spatial data and policy analysis, runs national and European expert groups, training series and an online knowledge hub, and aims to raise the awareness of 1 million citizens of a low-conflict energy transition.
target countries, including Ukraine
further EU Member States reached by the results
citizens to be made aware of a low-conflict energy transition
Ukrainian participation
Ukraine is one of the project's five target countries; the Ukrainian partner is WWF-Ukraine. Official sources do not describe Ukraine-specific tasks beyond this.
| Organisation | Role | EU contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Public Union World Wide Fund for Nature Ukraine (WWF-Ukraine) | Beneficiary | EU contribution: €235,330 |
Consortium
Coordinator
WWF Hungary
Hungary
Ukraine
- Public Union World Wide Fund for Nature Ukraine (WWF-Ukraine)
- See “Ukrainian participation”
Belgium
- Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe)
Bulgaria
- Association WWF Bulgaria
Hungary
- REKK Energiapiaci Tanácsadó Kft.
Romania
- Asociația WWF România
- National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Spain
- Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza (WWF Spain)
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