Join us in celebrating 2025 Roger Léron Award winners and finalists!

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

The wait is over – meet the nominees shaping this year’s Roger Léron Award. This year, 22 individuals and projects are honoured for their outstanding contributions to Europe’s clean energy transition.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

The nomination deadline for the 2025 Roger Léron Award has been extended! You now have until 28 February to honour the changemakers shaping Europe’s energy future.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

Do you know an inspiring leader or an innovative project that is driving energy transition and climate action at the local or regional level? Then keep reading, you are in the right place!

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

Discover the 12 outstanding individuals that have been nominated for the 2022 Roger Léron Award.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

Aviel Verbruggen is a Belgian researcher. He has worked on building district heating, cogeneration, climate change and support mechanisms for renewable power development, and economic policy instruments to spread energy conservation and efficiency more effectively. His focus is on diversity, bottom-up, self-governance.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

Throughout her career, Louise Sunderland has worked closely with the industry, the non-profit sector, with policymakers on research and policy development. She has been pivotal in raising awareness and in leading the conceptual development of energy poverty policy at EU level.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

Reinhard has worked through his entire career in the field of energy efficiency. In 2009, Reinhard joined the European Investment Bank. From 2016 until his retirement in 2022, Reinhard managed the ELENA Facility and has led a team which has delivered a significant increase in local and regional energy efficiency projects.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.

In the last two decades, Primož Praper has worked extensively with public educational institutions, municipalities and the private sector in Slovenia, offering state-of-the-art advice, guidance and leadership in the area of sustainable construction, retrofitting and other types of investment projects.

FEDARENE is the premier European network of regional and local organisations which implement, co-ordinate and facilitate energy and environment policies.