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Report on the state of play regarding solar PV energy communities and crowdfunding initiatives in North Macedonia
Report on the state of play regarding solar PV energy communities and crowdfunding initiatives in Greece
Report on the state of play regarding solar PV energy communities and crowdfunding initiatives in Croatia
Report on the state of play regarding solar PV energy communities and crowdfunding initiatives in Bulgaria
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Report on the selected best practices in energy communities and crowdfunding initiatives in the SEE BEST PRACTICES IN SOLAR PV ENERGY COMMUNITIES BEST PRACTICES IN CROWDFUNDING FOR THE SOLAR PV PROJECTS
Alcolea del Rio
Name of energy community
Alcolea del Rio
Date of establishment
2016
Number of members
About 1300 families.
Structure
The members are natural persons.
Legal entity
The owner of the installation is an NGO.
Location
Alcolea del Rio, Spain.
Energy generator
Solar PV
Capacity of energy system
2 160 kW
Energy-related activity
Collective self-consumption
Brief description
The members provide loans with 0% interest to the cooperative, and in return, they are supplied with KWh at cost prices, following the model of collective auto-consumption. They can buy shares that correspond to their household consumption. Despite the lack of subsidies or feed-in premiums for RES generation in Spain at the time, the cooperative decided to proceed because of the project’s environmental and societal value.
Website: https://www.generationkwh.org/proyecto/alcolea-del-rio-sevilla/
Website: https://www.generationkwh.org/proyecto/alcolea-del-rio-sevilla/
Impact
- The community’s format is convenient and has a good replication potential.
- The coordinator of the efforts for this project is an experienced NGO - Som Energia - who take care of the organizational activities, so that citizens without any competencies can participate in a community project, providing many with access to green electricity for the first time.
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Alcotea community ground-based power plant
