Energy communities in villages
A public-private association model to drive energy communities
A model created in 2024 so that the neighbours of a village can share solar energy from municipal rooftops without the town council having to invest. It has already driven energy communities in different villages across Spain, and it remains open to anyone who wants to join.
The innovation: a collaboration agreement
The association, in this case Light for Humanity, signs an agreement with the town council for the use of municipal rooftops. On those rooftops, neighbours buy a share through an installation company, in this case Comunidad Solar, and together they create a solar photovoltaic installation. The town council does not have to make the investment and, in return, the municipality receives 10 % of the energy generated.
Who does what
- The association guarantees that the private company carries out the installation and maintenance properly, and sets up a local group within the association that represents the neighbours in the project.
- The town council lends the municipal rooftops without making any investment and receives 10 % of the energy generated.
- The installation company handles the installation, the legal approval with the grid operator, the commissioning and the maintenance of the plant.
- Neighbours buy their share and receive the part of the energy that corresponds to them.
Collective self-consumption
Each participant is assigned a distribution coefficient under the collective self-consumption law. Neighbours living within a 5-kilometre radius of the installation can take part, which is what the law currently allows.
Join us
We are open to keep working with new town councils, installers and neighbours who want to keep driving local, renewable energy in their villages.