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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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SunSharing Executive summary of Guidebook Bulgaria
SunSharing Guidebook Greece
Executive Summary of the SunSharing Guidebook Croatia
Executive summary MKD
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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
CDI Macedonia
Name of energy community
Community Development Institute (CDI) Macedonia
Date of establishment
The energy community of CDI Macedonia was formed in 2023
Number of members
The community has a total of 49 members.
Structure
Association of citizens with a general assembly, board and director.
Legal entity
The community is based on the ‘association of citizens’ CDI Macedonia. The existing legislation in North Macedonia does not yet permit an energy community to be registered (March 2024).
Location
Municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia.
Energy generator
Solar PV
Capacity of energy system
12 kW
Energy-related activity
Self-consumption of the office building of the citizens’ association under net-metering scheme.
Brief description
CDI Macedonia started the establishment of an energy community as a response to the rising electricity costs for the offices of the Association. The community is not registered de jure, since there is not legal form that enables this in North Macedonia, as of March 2024. However, while preparing the set-up of the community multiple challenges we faced both at policy level and in practice. Therefore, CDI Macedonia decided to establish a Network of energy communities, in order to facilitate knowledge transfer among peers, and to support the democratization of the energy sector. Since 2021, CDI has helped 5 other communities to secure co-financing of investment in solar energy.
Impact
- First practical attempt to organize an energy community in North Macedonia.
- Lessons learned about the lack of adequate legislation are valuable to policy makers and regulator.
- Initiative to form Network of energy communities can fast-track knowledge sharing
Media
Building integrated solar PV plant in Brevnica
