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Energy communities are powerful because they tackle both the social and technical sides of the energy transition.
One explicit goal of the European Commission is to create one energy community per municipality with more than 10,000 inhabitants (by 2025).
Also, by 2050, a large share of EU households could become prosumers or participate in energy sharing or storage, according to EC studies. Energy communities are a core part of the long-term vision of the European energy ecosystem.
Energy communities enable collective and citizen-driven energy actions to support the clean energy transition. They can contribute to increasing public acceptance of renewable energy projects and make it easier to attract private investments in the clean energy transition. Energy communities can be an effective means of re-structuring our energy systems by empowering citizens to drive the energy transition locally and directly benefit from better energy efficiency, lower bills, reduced energy poverty, and more local green job opportunities. Energy communities allow local communities to join forces and invest in clean energy. Acting as a single entity means energy communities can access all suitable energy markets on a level-playing field with other market actors. Under EU law, energy communities can take the form of any legal entity, including an association, a cooperative, a partnership, a non-profit organisation, or a limited liability company. (Source: European Commission)
Demand side energy flexibility is increasingly being viewed as an essential enabler for the swift transition to alow-carbon energy system...