Comunitats energètiques

What is an energetic community?

Energetic communities are organizational mechanisms that enable the active participation of different local actors—such as local authorities, social and economic agents, and citizens—in the energy transition. This can include producing energy, sharing it, or establishing management and energy-saving mechanisms.

Types of Energetic Communities

• Communities without a legal entity: These focus on shared self-consumption, allowing members to informally share energy.
• Local energetic communities: These operate through a legal entity (such as cooperatives, associations, or limited companies) and make decisions regarding the production, management, and use of energy to achieve environmental, social, and economic benefits.

What is a local energetic community?

A local energetic community is a form of organization that operates through a legal entity (such as cooperatives, associations, or limited companies) and decides how to produce, manage, and use energy to achieve environmental, social, and economic benefits. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Local energetic communities are an important tool for realizing citizen energy empowerment and for decentralizing and democratizing the energy sector.

 

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What can a community do?

• Produce renewable electrical or thermal energy.
• Share this energy according to established agreements.
• Offer electric mobility: shared vehicles, charging points.
• Support energy saving and efficiency, aggregated purchases, and access to grants.

 

Benefits of the energetic communities

• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Decrease in energy expenses.
• Greater resilience and reduction of energy dependence.
• Improvement in management, monitoring, and digitalization.
• Energy democratization, creation of networks, and new opportunities.