Energy communities are a new way to produce and share renewable energy, reducing costs and environmental impact. They can be formed by individuals, companies, public entities, and cooperatives that collaborate to self-produce and consume energy sustainably, promoting decarbonization and local energy independence.
All the advantages of an energy community
Joining an energy community brings concrete benefits for people, businesses, and communities:
- Savings on your bill thanks to collective self-consumption
- Reduction of CO₂ emissions and promotion of renewable energy
- Independence from fossil fuels and greater energy resilience
- Enhance the area with new economic opportunities and jobs in the green sector
How energy communities work
Within an energy community:
- Members produce energy from renewable sources (e.g. photovoltaic)
- Energy can be self-consumed, shared or fed into the grid
- The economic benefits come from collective self-consumption and government incentives
Ministerial Decree no. 414 of 7 December 2023 (CACER Decree), published on 23 January 2024, regulates the formation and functioning of energy communities in Italy, establishing:
- Criteria for accessing incentives
- Rules for energy management and sharing
- Procedures for the valorization of shared energy
Configuration and possibilities
According to the CACER Decree, energy communities (or CACER – Self-Consumption Configurations for the Sharing of Renewable Energy) can be established as:
- Individual remote self-consumption: a single user consumes the energy produced at a different site
- Collective self-consumption: groups of users share the energy from the same system (e.g., condominium, industrial area)
- Renewable Energy Communities (CER): Citizens, SMEs and public bodies collaborate to produce, manage and use energy collectively.
Incentives and economic opportunities
Energy communities can benefit from:
- Incentive premium tariff (TIP) calculated on shared energy
- Non-repayable grant of up to 40% for systems in municipalities with up to 50,000 inhabitants.
- Reduced energy costs and new revenue from shared energy.
For more technical details and savings simulations, you can download our complete guide to energy communities in PDF.
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