Our SETDEPLOY Project Kicks-Off: Enabling Europe’s Clean Energy Transition Citizens across Europe are feeling the change due to higher energy bills and from more frequent heatwaves and floods. A faster shift to clean energy, produced locally where possible, can help lower bills over time, create local jobs, and help make communities healthier and more resilient. To deliver on these needs, the EU has launched the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan. But how can this plan become a true engine for change? That’s where the SETDEPLOY project comes in. Launched in September 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden, SETDEPLOY brings policy, industry, and research to the table to turn strategy into practical next steps. The project is designed to make a difference by: Improving decisions and faster through a user-friendly Decision-Making Toolbox that helps policymakers and practitioners compare options and choose what works best in their context. Aligning plans with action by offering tailored monitoring and support so that national and regional priorities line up with the SET Plan. This way, effort and funding pull in the same direction. Building capacity where it’s needed by conducting participatory workshops. The workshops will break down high-level goals into concrete action plans and milestones. Keeping people at the centre: Led by the CSCP, stakeholder engagement will use proven methods like stakeholder personas and participatory visioning to capture diverse perspectives and translate them into real, usable outcomes. By consolidating expertise and strengthening collaboration, SETDEPLOY aims to accelerate deployment of renewable fuels and bioenergy—helping Europe move toward climate neutrality faster and more effectively, while staying realistic about what it takes. The project is funded by the Horizon Europe programme and is implemented by a consortium of organisations that include RISE, SINTEF, CIRCE, EUREC, ETA Florence and the CSCP. For additional questions, please contact Joshua Aseto. Photo by Jeroen van de Water on Unsplash