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The PVSmile consortium met in Porto on 27-28 October 2026 for its 3rd Plenary Meeting, hosted by INESC TEC at its auditorium on the Campus da FEUP. Partners could attend in person or online. The meeting came as the project completed its first 12 months, which made it a natural point to review progress and plan the second year.

PVSmile joined fellow Horizon Europe projects in Budapest to discuss how community PV can move from passive generation to smart, grid-integrated flexibility.

PVSmile will be at Enlit Europe 2026 in Vienna (10–12 November).

PVSmile is cited in the SET Plan Task Force Recommendations: Digitalisation. The report sets out eight cross-cutting recommendations to advance the digitalisation of the European energy system.

As part of PVSmile’s work on stakeholder mapping and social gap analysis, CEVE – Cooperativa Eléctrica do Vale d’Este, together with Coopérnico – Cooperativa de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, organised a participatory session focused on the Vale d’Este pilot in Portugal.

On 16 July, Cooperativa Santperenca d’Energia Sostenible (COSPES) organised a participatory Stakeholder and Social Gap Analysis workshop at Institut Escola Josep Maria Xandri, contributing to the PVSmile project’s work on more inclusive and participatory energy communities.

On 16 April 2026, UrStrom organised a stakeholder and social gap analysis workshop at Café Vivo in Mainz, Germany, contributing to the PVSmile project’s work on inclusive and participatory energy communities.

On 18 June 2026, MINOAN Energy Community organised a participatory stakeholder-mapping workshop under Task 2.1 of the PVSmile project, supporting the development of a more inclusive, democratic and resilient energy community in the Greek pilot region.

PVSmile 2nd Project Meeting

PVSmile will take part in the online webinar “Scaling Solar Energy Communities in Europe: Innovation & Citizen Engagement”, taking place on Monday 22 June, from 11:00 to 13:00 CEST, as part of EU Green Week.

PVSmile Project is pleased to announce its participation in the European Sustainable Energy Week 2026 Energy Fair, taking place on 9–11 June 2026 in Brussels and online.

PVSmile at IISA 2026