RES Champions League - 13 Local Authorities Awarded for their Efforts towards Renewable Energies

In the Agora of the conference in Dunkerque

The winners of the RES Champions League 2010

During the European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns in the French city of Dunkerque on May 19th the winners of the first season of the Champions League for Renewable Energies (RES Champions League) have been awarded. In this competition cities and municipalities which are exceedingly engaged in renewable energies compare with each other.

OVERALL RESULT

Gold
Prato allo Stelvio / Prad am Stilfserjoch
Italy, 3,300 inhabitants

Silver
Schalkham
Germany, 859 inhabitants

Bronze
Hostětín
Czech Republic, 244 inhabitants

SMALL MUNICIPALITIES (5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants)

Gold
Nowa Dęba
Poland, 11,310 inhabitants

Silver
Bansko / Банско
Bulgaria, 9,200 inhabitants

Bronze
Montdidier
France, 6,500 inhabitants

MIDSIZES MUNICIPALITIES (20,000 to 100,000 inhabitants)

Gold
Neckarsulm
Germany, 25,900 inhabitants

Silver
Orosháza
Hungary, 31,000 inhabitants

Bronze
Litoměřice
Czech Republic, 23,800 inhabitants

BIG CITIES (more than 100,000 inhabitants)

Gold
Ulm
Germany, 116,400 inhabitants

Silver
Grenoble
France, 156,100 inhabitants

Bronze
Czestochowa
Poland, 240,600 inhabitants

Bronze
Plzeň
Czech Republic, 165,200 inhabitants

The RES Champions League is a competition implemented by organisations in seven European countries with partial funding help from the European Union. The countries are Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Poland. The pre-existing national leagues in the Czech Republic, France and Germany were the models for this European Champions League. 

The municipality of Prato allo Stelvio from South Tyrol is the overall winner of this season because it exported both renewable energy and heat. Prato allo Stelvio’s win should encourage other participating countries and their citizens to make strides to catch up. 

Leading cities and towns of each participating countries compete against each other. A continuously updated ranking chart you find on the website of the RES Champions League:

http://www.res-league.eu