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Community energy solutions for addressing energy poverty: A local case study in Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5535-2033
Highlights Energy Communities analysis and review in Europe and, more specifically, in Spain. Promoting energy poverty reduction and cooperation through Energy Communities. Real case study focused on reducing energy poverty in the city of Getafe (Spain). Selection of public buildings to implement energy community in two neighborhoods. Significant electricity bill reductions for energy poverty households.
Abstract Advancements in renewable energy technologies, a growing awareness of the need for sustainable energy solutions, and the emergence of new business models in the energy sector, have contributed to the growth of Energy Communities. Public entities can find in energy communities today an opportunity to tackle energy poverty, to increase the cooperation among citizens and to empower them to be a more active player within the energy sector. This paper analyzes energy communities in Europe and focuses specifically on Spain; considering the three beneficial aspects previously mentioned. It aims to obtain ground truth about the applications of these new citizens’ arrangements. A citizen-led initiative at the city of Getafe (Madrid, Spain) is included and discussed in detail. This case study focused on reducing energy poverty of its participants. An energy community was designed and implemented as a collective PV solar self-consumption infrastructure. The roofs of various public buildings in the two case study neighborhoods were selected for locating the PV installations. Real metered data were used to evaluate the solution. A public building was selected for the energy community, considering generation on roof and dwellings proximity. The results provided that out of the 77% PV generations could be used to contribute to the demand of 100 residences; while the resulting 23% would provide approximately 60% of the energy demand of the public building. The setting up of the Energy Community not only had the technical part but also included workshops seminars and information sessions, to ensure that people prone to benefit and maximize its impact.
Community energy solutions for addressing energy poverty: A local case study in Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5535-2033
Highlights Energy Communities analysis and review in Europe and, more specifically, in Spain. Promoting energy poverty reduction and cooperation through Energy Communities. Real case study focused on reducing energy poverty in the city of Getafe (Spain). Selection of public buildings to implement energy community in two neighborhoods. Significant electricity bill reductions for energy poverty households.
Abstract Advancements in renewable energy technologies, a growing awareness of the need for sustainable energy solutions, and the emergence of new business models in the energy sector, have contributed to the growth of Energy Communities. Public entities can find in energy communities today an opportunity to tackle energy poverty, to increase the cooperation among citizens and to empower them to be a more active player within the energy sector. This paper analyzes energy communities in Europe and focuses specifically on Spain; considering the three beneficial aspects previously mentioned. It aims to obtain ground truth about the applications of these new citizens’ arrangements. A citizen-led initiative at the city of Getafe (Madrid, Spain) is included and discussed in detail. This case study focused on reducing energy poverty of its participants. An energy community was designed and implemented as a collective PV solar self-consumption infrastructure. The roofs of various public buildings in the two case study neighborhoods were selected for locating the PV installations. Real metered data were used to evaluate the solution. A public building was selected for the energy community, considering generation on roof and dwellings proximity. The results provided that out of the 77% PV generations could be used to contribute to the demand of 100 residences; while the resulting 23% would provide approximately 60% of the energy demand of the public building. The setting up of the Energy Community not only had the technical part but also included workshops seminars and information sessions, to ensure that people prone to benefit and maximize its impact.
Community energy solutions for addressing energy poverty: A local case study in Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5535-2033
Highlights Energy Communities analysis and review in Europe and, more specifically, in Spain. Promoting energy poverty reduction and cooperation through Energy Communities. Real case study focused on reducing energy poverty in the city of Getafe (Spain). Selection of public buildings to implement energy community in two neighborhoods. Significant electricity bill reductions for energy poverty households.
Abstract Advancements in renewable energy technologies, a growing awareness of the need for sustainable energy solutions, and the emergence of new business models in the energy sector, have contributed to the growth of Energy Communities. Public entities can find in energy communities today an opportunity to tackle energy poverty, to increase the cooperation among citizens and to empower them to be a more active player within the energy sector. This paper analyzes energy communities in Europe and focuses specifically on Spain; considering the three beneficial aspects previously mentioned. It aims to obtain ground truth about the applications of these new citizens’ arrangements. A citizen-led initiative at the city of Getafe (Madrid, Spain) is included and discussed in detail. This case study focused on reducing energy poverty of its participants. An energy community was designed and implemented as a collective PV solar self-consumption infrastructure. The roofs of various public buildings in the two case study neighborhoods were selected for locating the PV installations. Real metered data were used to evaluate the solution. A public building was selected for the energy community, considering generation on roof and dwellings proximity. The results provided that out of the 77% PV generations could be used to contribute to the demand of 100 residences; while the resulting 23% would provide approximately 60% of the energy demand of the public building. The setting up of the Energy Community not only had the technical part but also included workshops seminars and information sessions, to ensure that people prone to benefit and maximize its impact.
Community energy solutions for addressing energy poverty: A local case study in Spain
Parreño-Rodriguez, Adelaida (author) / Ramallo-González, Alfonso P. (author) / Chinchilla-Sánchez, Mónica (author) / Molina-García, Angel (author)
Energy and Buildings ; 296
2023-08-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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