Disinformation delays permits, inflates costs, and threatens project viability. We help energy providers anticipate and mitigate disinformation risks across the project lifecycle.
The Numbers
wind and solar permit applications cancelled in the last five years — community opposition ranks among the top three causes alongside grid access and local zoning
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024average sunk cost per cancelled wind project — $2M per solar — lost before a single turbine or panel is installed
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024social media posts from a single coordinated anti-wind network across Europe over 18 months — generating 6.3 million active engagements
CASM Technology / WindEurope, April 2025renewable energy projects facing significant organised opposition across 47 US states — up 32% in a single year
Sabin Center, Columbia University, June 2025saved by 2050 under a renewables-led pathway versus a slow transition — disinformation-driven delays push Europe toward the costlier path
WindEurope / Hitachi Energy, December 2025of 815 documented climate disinformation cases in European and Brazilian mainstream media directly targeted renewable energy — making it the single most-attacked topic
QuotaClimat / Science Feedback / Data For Good, April 2026
What We Do
Beyond traditional PR and crisis communications, we apply evidence-based counter-disinformation methodology aligned with EU and NATO frameworks — tailored to the private energy sector.
Before key project decisions are made, we map the information environment around your project area — identifying dominant narratives, active state and non-state actors, coordinated campaigns, and relevant tactics, techniques, and procedures.
You receive: A structured intelligence report covering narrative exposure, threat actors, and priority risk areas — forming the foundation for all further measures.
Your team is the first line of defense — yet most energy operators lack internal capacity to recognise, assess, and respond to coordinated disinformation. We build that capacity for you. Through structured workshops, we train operational and communications teams to identify FIMI activity, assess threat relevance, and execute an initial response without reliance on external support.
You receive: A multi-session training programme, a site-specific FIMI response handbook, and an internal capability that can be deployed across your project portfolio.
Disinformation resilience is not a one-off communications exercise. We help organisations build TrustOps — a permanent operational capability for anticipating, mitigating, and responding to influence risks around your operations. Grounded in methodologies including DISARM, the ABCDE model, RESIST 3 and aligned with the newest EU and NATO frameworks, we design the structures, processes, and governance needed to operationalise long-term information resilience.
You receive: A tailored TrustOps framework, operational playbooks and response processes, defined responsibilities and escalation structures, and a measurement system to continuously assess narrative exposure, resilience, and impact.
We support the execution of TrustOps strategy — working alongside your team to implement measures across channels, departments and adapt them as the information environment evolves. We stay through delivery, ensuring strategy translates into measurable outcomes.
You receive: Hands-on implementation support, coordinated execution across channels, and continuous adjustment of measures during rollout.
Four briefings per year, each paired with a focused situational analysis of a relevant geographic or operational area. Built for decision-makers — concise, actionable, and directly tied to your project environment.
You receive: Quarterly briefings with up-to-date risk assessments, narrative developments, and clear implications for your projects.
We establish a credible presence in communities surrounding your project areas — both online and in person — before adversarial narratives take hold. Designed to complement existing communications with locally trusted, context-specific engagement.
You receive: Localised engagement measures tailored to your project context, supported by continuous on-the-ground and online presence.
Why Disinfo Consulting
Operational experience
Our team has operational experience in EU disinformation policy — including Austria's EU Rapid Alert System contact point — OSINT-based threat analysis, and hands-on campaign execution across the DACH region and Central Europe.
EU & NATO-aligned methodology
We work at the intersection of information security, political science, and community engagement using the DISARM framework, EEAS threat analysis, and Hybrid CoE frameworks. A combination that does not exist anywhere else in the Austrian market.
APA monitoring infrastructure
Our partnership with APA — Austria Presse Agentur — provides continuous monitoring infrastructure across Austrian and European media landscapes. Our academic grounding ensures our methodology is current with the latest research on narrative resilience and behavioral change.
This is not a PR problem
The people opposing your projects are not uninformed — they are misinformed, often deliberately so. Cognitive dissonance means presenting facts to someone whose opinion has been shaped by coordinated disinformation does not change their mind. It often reinforces it. The only effective response is counter-narrative strategy, not more fact sheets.
Get in Touch
We work with energy providers, project developers, and infrastructure operators across the DACH region and Central Europe. Reach out to discuss your project environment and threat exposure.