In the Energieavantgarde Anhalt project a cross sectoral group of stakeholders, cities, Public and Private Energy Utilities, Distribution System Operators and energy producing citizen cooperatives come together to develop a blueprint for a regional, decentralised and distributed energy system. In a participative process with the citizens and cities of the region over three years the partners like Innogy Stiftung für Energie und Gesellschaft, Bauhaus Dessau, Umweltbundesamt, Stadtwerke Dessau, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Fraunhofer Institut a.o. will develop a better understanding of needed regulatory frameworks, future business models and citizen engagement processes in the first of its kind Social Innovation Lab in Germany.