2.3.1
Clean Energy Disinformation Campaign Analysis
Module: M2 | Type: Experiential Scenario
This publicactuin has been funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the project POWER - Prevention Of Weaponization and Enhancing Resilience against Security-related Disinformation on Clean Energy (Reference: 2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Introduction
Welcome to Energy Stories — a geolocation storytelling scenario where you become a scriptwriter. Imagine you are creating scenes for a TV series set in your own city, where characters face real disinformation about clean energy. Your mission: write scenes that are dramatic, believable, and grounded in scientific facts. You will work in teams, explore real locations with your smartphones, and use ArcGIS QuickCapture and StoryMaps to build a geolocated narrative. By the end, your team will have a complete story that entertains, informs, and debunks.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
OER Learning Objectives
By the end of this lecture, you will be able to:
Use storytelling techniques to communicate scientific content about clean energy in an engaging and accessible way.
Integrate factual energy data and verified sources into fictional narrative formats naturally.
Create counter-narratives that address real disinformation about renewable energy and resonate with young audiences.
Use geolocation tools (ArcGIS QuickCapture and StoryMaps) to create place-based digital narratives.
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The Power of Fiction
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Why Storytelling? Why a TV Series?
- TV series are the most consumed audiovisual format among young people — the generation that will live through the energy transition.
- Narratives make complex topics easier to understand and remember.
- Series generate social conversation, memes, and critical debate — audiences don’t just consume, they participate and create content.
- Fiction connects emotionally with audiences, making scientific information accessible and memorable.
Fiction does not replace scientific information — it makes it accessible and memorable by integrating it into emotionally relevant
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Disinformation About Clean Energy
Think of the structure across a scene or a subplot arc.
The audience leaves remembering the truth, not the lie, because the lie never gets the last word. This mirrors the methodology you'll use to build your scenes: the disinformation appears, but the scene is built to dismantle it through drama.
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Instructions
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Your mission
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Instructions
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Methodology — Critical Subplot Integration
To create effective energy storylines, follow these three steps:
Identify Conflicts
Incorporate Data
Use real tensions:
- What happens when a wealthy family invests in renewables but exploits workers?
- Greenwashing vs. real commitment?
- A neighbourhood divided over a wind farm project?
- Integrate scientific information into natural dialogues, without forced exposition.
- The characters discover the complexity while the audience does too.
Multiple Perspectives
Show different valid viewpoints:
- the nuclear plant worker, the climate activist, the innovative entrepreneur, the pragmatic politician.
The goal is a complex debate without absolute heroes or villains.
Instructions
03
Methodology — Critical Subplot Integration
Remember the truth-sandwich subplot: let the disinformation appear in a character's voice, then dismantle it through the story.
Example Subplot: “The Secret of the Solar Panels”
- Conflict: A student discovers that their wealthy family benefits from public subsidies for solar energy while criticising “social welfare”.
- Tension: Class hypocrisy, sustainability vs. privilege.
- Integrated data: How subsidies actually work, who really benefits, real impact on emissions.
- Result: A complex debate without absolute heroes or villains.
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What Are We Going to Do?
Online version
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What Are We Going to Do?
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QuickCapture — Step 1: Download the app
Android
IOS
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QuickCapture — Step 2: Open the project
This paragraph is ready to be filled with incredible creativity, experiences, and stories.
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QuickCapture — Step 3: Capture a location
Equipped with your smartphones, explore the space defined by the facilitators to find suggestive locations where scenes from a new season of a television series could be filmed.
For each location you capture:
- Take a photo that captures the atmosphere of the place.
- Give your scene a title (dramatic, intriguing — like a TV episode).
- Write a scene outline describing: Which characters are involved? What is the conflict? What energy data or disinformation narrative is addressed? How does the scene resolve?
- Select the energy topic that your scene addresses.
- Confirm the GPS location on the map.
Aim to capture at least 3 locations per team
Online version
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QuickCapture — Step 3: Capture a location
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QuickCapture — Showcase and peer feedback
Now let's explore the StoryMap together! We'll go through each scene one by one. As we review them, pay attention to four things:
- Is the scene believable as fiction?
- Is the scientific data woven naturally into the dialogue?
- Is the disinformation narrative effectively countered?
- And does the scene show more than one perspective?
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QuickCapture — Showcase and peer feedback
After we've seen all the scenes, you'll vote on three awards:
- Most convincing scene
- Best integration of factual data
- Most creative counter-narrative.
So watch closely — your vote counts!
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Summary
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Test your knowledge
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Well
Done
POWERInformation that drives the energy of tomorrow
power.ciberimaginario.es
This publicactuin has been funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the project POWER - Prevention Of Weaponization and Enhancing Resilience against Security-related Disinformation on Clean Energy (Reference: 2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
TV Series as Vehicles for Social Change Series like Élite have demonstrated their ability to address complex themes (LGBTI+ rights, social class, gender violence) without losing entertainment value. Why not the energy transition?
- Global Reach: A phenomenon among young audiences worldwide.
- Narrative Codes: Family secrets, economic power, generational conflicts — perfect frameworks for addressing energy and sustainability.
- Cultural Impact: Generates social conversation, memes, critical debate. Audiences don’t just watch — they participate and create content.
This Open Educational Resource (OER) is an experiential scenario developed as part of the POWER Project educational platform. Inspired by the narrative format of TV series like "Élite", this activity puts you in the role of a scriptwriter. Working in teams, you will explore real locations, capture them using ArcGIS QuickCapture, and create fictional scenes that address real disinformation narratives about clean energy — weaving factual data into dramatic storytelling. Your scenes will be assembled into a geolocated StoryMap that combines fiction, science, and counter-narrative strategy. This scenario is designed to develop your ability to communicate complex scientific content through engaging, audience-centred narratives — a core skill for combating disinformation.
Main learning questions addressed:
- How can storytelling be used to communicate scientific content about clean energy in an engaging way?
- How can factual data about energy be integrated naturally into fictional narratives?
- What makes a counter-narrative effective when addressing disinformation about clean energy?
- How can geolocated, place-based storytelling create stronger connections between audiences and energy issues?
Elements:
- Title: concept number + topic (e.g. "03 WHICH TECHNOLOGIES ARE MOST VULNERABLE?")
- Content area with discussion prompts or reflection questions (3–4 bullet points)
- Optional: interactive element (Genially drag-and-drop, matching activity, or embedded form)
- For face-to-face use: include facilitator note explaining how to run the group discussion
- Background: topic-related image
- Bottom: EU co-funding logo + POWER project reference
What to customise: Title, discussion prompts, optional interactive element, facilitator note. Guidelines for content: This screen bridges content and critical thinking. In face-to-face mode it prompts group debate; in online mode it should include at least one interactive element so the learner is not just reading passively.
Elements:
- Title: concept number + topic (e.g. "03 WHICH TECHNOLOGIES ARE MOST VULNERABLE?")
- Content area with discussion prompts or reflection questions (3–4 bullet points)
- Optional: interactive element (Genially drag-and-drop, matching activity, or embedded form)
- For face-to-face use: include facilitator note explaining how to run the group discussion
- Background: topic-related image
- Bottom: EU co-funding logo + POWER project reference
What to customise: Title, discussion prompts, optional interactive element, facilitator note. Guidelines for content: This screen bridges content and critical thinking. In face-to-face mode it prompts group debate; in online mode it should include at least one interactive element so the learner is not just reading passively.
Understanding facts vs. myths about clean energyAfter Spain's massive blackout on 28 April 2025, social media was flooded with claims blaming renewable energy for the crisis. The POWER project analysed nearly 3,000 posts and found that 80% carried a negative tone, built around four dominant disinformation narratives. But what does the evidence actually say? This infographic pairs each verified fact with the myth it dismantles. Renewables do not make the grid unstable — they add redundancy that strengthens it.
Instructions
- Explore the chart. Each bar represents one of the four POWER partner countries. Hover over the segments to see the share of each energy source.
- Answer these questions:
- What differences stand out?
- Which country relies most on renewables?
- Which one is most dependent on fossil fuels?
Select from 4–5 pre-photographed locations provided. For each one, choose a disinformation narrative, a character perspective, and write your scene. Submit your scenes via the Moodle forum.
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2.3.1
Clean Energy Disinformation Campaign Analysis
Module: M2 | Type: Experiential Scenario
This publicactuin has been funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the project POWER - Prevention Of Weaponization and Enhancing Resilience against Security-related Disinformation on Clean Energy (Reference: 2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Introduction
Welcome to Energy Stories — a geolocation storytelling scenario where you become a scriptwriter. Imagine you are creating scenes for a TV series set in your own city, where characters face real disinformation about clean energy. Your mission: write scenes that are dramatic, believable, and grounded in scientific facts. You will work in teams, explore real locations with your smartphones, and use ArcGIS QuickCapture and StoryMaps to build a geolocated narrative. By the end, your team will have a complete story that entertains, informs, and debunks.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
OER Learning Objectives
By the end of this lecture, you will be able to:
Use storytelling techniques to communicate scientific content about clean energy in an engaging and accessible way.
Integrate factual energy data and verified sources into fictional narrative formats naturally.
Create counter-narratives that address real disinformation about renewable energy and resonate with young audiences.
Use geolocation tools (ArcGIS QuickCapture and StoryMaps) to create place-based digital narratives.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
01
The Power of Fiction
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
02
Why Storytelling? Why a TV Series?
Fiction does not replace scientific information — it makes it accessible and memorable by integrating it into emotionally relevant
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
03
Disinformation About Clean Energy
Think of the structure across a scene or a subplot arc.
The audience leaves remembering the truth, not the lie, because the lie never gets the last word. This mirrors the methodology you'll use to build your scenes: the disinformation appears, but the scene is built to dismantle it through drama.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Instructions
03
Your mission
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Instructions
03
Methodology — Critical Subplot Integration
To create effective energy storylines, follow these three steps:
Identify Conflicts
Incorporate Data
Use real tensions:
Multiple Perspectives
Show different valid viewpoints:
- the nuclear plant worker, the climate activist, the innovative entrepreneur, the pragmatic politician.
The goal is a complex debate without absolute heroes or villains.Instructions
03
Methodology — Critical Subplot Integration
Remember the truth-sandwich subplot: let the disinformation appear in a character's voice, then dismantle it through the story.
Example Subplot: “The Secret of the Solar Panels”
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
04
What Are We Going to Do?
Online version
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
04
What Are We Going to Do?
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Online version
04
QuickCapture — Step 1: Download the app
Android
IOS
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Online version
04
QuickCapture — Step 2: Open the project
This paragraph is ready to be filled with incredible creativity, experiences, and stories.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Online version
04
QuickCapture — Step 3: Capture a location
Equipped with your smartphones, explore the space defined by the facilitators to find suggestive locations where scenes from a new season of a television series could be filmed.
For each location you capture:
Aim to capture at least 3 locations per team
Online version
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Online version
04
QuickCapture — Step 3: Capture a location
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Online version
04
QuickCapture — Showcase and peer feedback
Now let's explore the StoryMap together! We'll go through each scene one by one. As we review them, pay attention to four things:
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
04
QuickCapture — Showcase and peer feedback
After we've seen all the scenes, you'll vote on three awards:
- Most convincing scene
- Best integration of factual data
- Most creative counter-narrative.
So watch closely — your vote counts!POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Summary
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Test your knowledge
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
Well
Done
POWERInformation that drives the energy of tomorrow
power.ciberimaginario.es
This publicactuin has been funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the project POWER - Prevention Of Weaponization and Enhancing Resilience against Security-related Disinformation on Clean Energy (Reference: 2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
POWER Project [2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000245038]
TV Series as Vehicles for Social Change Series like Élite have demonstrated their ability to address complex themes (LGBTI+ rights, social class, gender violence) without losing entertainment value. Why not the energy transition?
This Open Educational Resource (OER) is an experiential scenario developed as part of the POWER Project educational platform. Inspired by the narrative format of TV series like "Élite", this activity puts you in the role of a scriptwriter. Working in teams, you will explore real locations, capture them using ArcGIS QuickCapture, and create fictional scenes that address real disinformation narratives about clean energy — weaving factual data into dramatic storytelling. Your scenes will be assembled into a geolocated StoryMap that combines fiction, science, and counter-narrative strategy. This scenario is designed to develop your ability to communicate complex scientific content through engaging, audience-centred narratives — a core skill for combating disinformation.
Main learning questions addressed:
Elements:
- Title: concept number + topic (e.g. "03 WHICH TECHNOLOGIES ARE MOST VULNERABLE?")
- Content area with discussion prompts or reflection questions (3–4 bullet points)
- Optional: interactive element (Genially drag-and-drop, matching activity, or embedded form)
- For face-to-face use: include facilitator note explaining how to run the group discussion
- Background: topic-related image
- Bottom: EU co-funding logo + POWER project reference
What to customise: Title, discussion prompts, optional interactive element, facilitator note. Guidelines for content: This screen bridges content and critical thinking. In face-to-face mode it prompts group debate; in online mode it should include at least one interactive element so the learner is not just reading passively.Elements:
- Title: concept number + topic (e.g. "03 WHICH TECHNOLOGIES ARE MOST VULNERABLE?")
- Content area with discussion prompts or reflection questions (3–4 bullet points)
- Optional: interactive element (Genially drag-and-drop, matching activity, or embedded form)
- For face-to-face use: include facilitator note explaining how to run the group discussion
- Background: topic-related image
- Bottom: EU co-funding logo + POWER project reference
What to customise: Title, discussion prompts, optional interactive element, facilitator note. Guidelines for content: This screen bridges content and critical thinking. In face-to-face mode it prompts group debate; in online mode it should include at least one interactive element so the learner is not just reading passively.Understanding facts vs. myths about clean energyAfter Spain's massive blackout on 28 April 2025, social media was flooded with claims blaming renewable energy for the crisis. The POWER project analysed nearly 3,000 posts and found that 80% carried a negative tone, built around four dominant disinformation narratives. But what does the evidence actually say? This infographic pairs each verified fact with the myth it dismantles. Renewables do not make the grid unstable — they add redundancy that strengthens it.
Instructions
Select from 4–5 pre-photographed locations provided. For each one, choose a disinformation narrative, a character perspective, and write your scene. Submit your scenes via the Moodle forum.