Stakeholder Collaborative Network
The LUMENS Stakeholder Collaborative Network is a standing group of energy-sector actors working alongside the LUMENS consortium throughout the project.
Recognising that renewable energy cannot scale through technology alone, LUMENS brings together stakeholders from across the utility-scale renewable energy sector, including those who plan, operate, finance and live alongside these projects.
By engaging them from the outset, the Network ensures that LUMENS remains grounded in real-world needs and that its open-source tools, guidelines and policy recommendations are relevant, practical and more likely to be adopted..
Members contribute through interviews, surveys, events, workshops, online meetings and consultations, as well as testing and providing feedback on the project's tools
Timeline
An orientative view of how the network engages with LUMENS over the project's lifetime:
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Getting started
Month 1 to 10
The network is built: partners nominate members across the sector, stakeholders join, and everyone is introduced to LUMENS at an online kick-off meeting (February 2026). A first round of local warm-up events in Italy, Greece and Slovenia, plus a pan-European financial-regulatory session, introduces the project and gathers early feedback.
Listening and shaping the vision
Month 5 to 18
Through semi-structured interviews and surveys, members share their priorities, barriers and needs, helping to define the sector vision that guides the project's technical work.
Co-creating solutions
Month 3 to 24
Members take part in co-design workshops on the social and environmental acceptance of renewable projects and begin testing the project's open-source tools.
Learning and empowerment
Month 19 to 36
A series of online meetings and training workshops shares results, success stories and hands-on guidance on the LUMENS toolkit, building capacity across the network.
Influencing policy
Month 13 to 36
Members contribute to policy dialogues, helping refine the recommendations LUMENS delivers to EU decision-makers.
Stakeholders Involved
LUMENS organises the utility-scale renewable energy ecosystem into seven stakeholder groups, so that every type of actor whose decisions shape the sector is represented:
The Collaborative Network currently brings together around 30 organisations across six of these groups. This network is always open and evolving, as we are trying to expand our reach and diversity of actors.
See who is already collaborating with LUMENS: browse below and discover our growing network of stakeholders:
Which group would you like to join?