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Implementation

This is the stage where the community project takes shape in the physical world.
It includes the set-up of a legal structure for the community, the establishment of formal agreements with the local authority, funding applications, member recruitment, the signing of construction / installation contracts, and the preparation of the operation stage.

Found 55 helpful resource(s).
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Europe

Energy Solidarity Toolkit

A toolkit packed with information on how energy communities can build solidarity measures into their core activities. It includes tips and insights from energy communities already tacking energy poverty.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
Community Energy Guide cover picture
Europe

Community Energy: A practical guide to reclaiming power [English]

Handbook packed with instructions, practical tips, powerful success stories and invaluable resources to build a local, community-led renewable energy revolution.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Municipality
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
Europe

ACCE Charter with common understanding of definition and ethics of CEFS

Guided by the seven cooperative principles, this Charter aims to support the establishment and governance of Community Energy Financial Schemes (CEFS) across Europe, fostering ethical, transparent, and community-driven practices in the clean energy transition.

  • Inspiration
  • Implementation
  • Community
  • Financial
Europe

ACCE Regulatory framework analysis

In the context of the ACCE project, this report provides an overview of the legal framework surrounding Community Energy Financing Schemes (CEFS) in Europe.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
  • Political & legal

SCCALE 20 30 50 policy briefings: Energy communities’ challenges at national level [English]

Produced under the SCCALE 20 30 50 project, this publication offers an overview of the main challenges encountered by energy communities in the Netherlands, Croatia, France, Belgium (Flanders) and Greece.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Political & legal
Europe

ACCE financial handbook: a guide and several business cases

Under the ACCE project, this guide identifies the main barriers to establishing a Community Energy Financing Scheme (CEFS) and outlines solutions to overcome them.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
Europe

ACCE RES project development guide

Carried out under the ACCE project, this guide identifies five main types of Community Energy Financing Schemes (CEFS) in eight European countries.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Financial
Europe

Guidelines on community-led heating and cooling

These guidelines offer a non-exhaustive introduction into the world of community-led heating and cooling, including explanations of what it is and how it works, and giving advice on how to replicate successful examples.

  • Inspiration
  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Financial
  • Political & legal
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
Procurement guide cover
Europe

Procurement guide for community energy

A guide that presents different options in which municipalities may be able to adapt their public procurement processes to better support energy communities.

  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Financial
  • Municipality
  • Political & legal
Digital tools guide illustration
Europe

Digital tools for energy communities – a short guide

A guide that identifies and shortlists practical examples of digital solutions for energy communities in different scopes of application.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Staff & organisation
  • Technical
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Europe

Technology decision plan

This tool suggests the best renewable energy option for a user based on the resources available in the local community.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Technical
Europe

SCCALE 20 30 50 inclusivity guide for energy communities

A guide that offers tools and tips for increasing the inclusivity of your energy community.

  • Preparation
  • Implementation
  • Operation
  • Community
  • Staff & organisation

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