He Self -consumption can be defined as the consumption of the electrical production itself. With the decrease in production costs of electrical installations from renewable sources and the resulting increase in the selling price of electricity, it is a practice that is expected to grow in a pronounced manner.
A Renewable Energy Community is an autonomous legal entity based on open and voluntary participation. It brings together shareholders and/or partners who have geographical proximity to renewable energy projects that have signed and have developed.
More self-consumption and energy communities
The Andalusian energy agency will promote collective self -consumption and the development of energy communities with the aim of setting in MarchA, at least, 1,000 new facilities to reach a stream of 68 MW until the end of 2026What does duplicate existing ones.
He Collective self -consumption is one in which a single photovoltaic installation It includes the electricity consumption of various domestic users, public entities, services or industries that are connected to a distance between them less than two kilometers.
For example, A community of neighbors that places a photovoltaic installation on its roof or an industrial estate that installs it on a roof, open to different companies that are in the same thing.
For his part, The users of energy communitiesVia a legal figure such as the association or cooperative They can generate, store, market, share and even collectively and jointly distribute energy, preferably of renewable origin And generated near the aforementioned consumers.
However, the board indicated that There are many barriers that hinder the implementation of this community energy -initiatives Because of the ignorance of potential users, the difficulty to gain access to specialized companies that have the administrative procedures and requirements of these types of facilities, or the lack of a sufficiently developed legal framework for the state.
In that sense he pointed out Almost two years have passed since the Ministry of Energy Translation and the Demographic Challenge for Public Information The draft of Roy are approved.
This according to the boardhinders the implementation of energy communitiesand therefore It is in collective self -consumption in which the impulse sought by the Andalusian government would initially concentrate.