Thinking beyond national borders for renewable energy solutions in Central Europe

The paper is structured as follows: first, a comparison of the current national energy mix, plans for development of the renewable energy sources, and common barriers; second, an overview of past political and project level co-operation in the field of energy and climate issues; third, an overview of regional (local) level cooperation based cross-border projects under the EU programming period 2014–2020. Based on this, the conclusion provides rec- ommendations for future cooperation.