Comparison Among National Energy Community Policies in Brazil, Germany, Portugal, and Spain

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2022-09-16

Authors

João Tomé Saraiva (Author) FEUP; Leonarda Castro (Author) Other; José Nuno Fidalgo (Author) FEUP; Paulo Carvalho (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM

Pages: 1-6

18th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2022

13 September 2022 through 15 September 2022

Indexing

Scopus

ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00X-F48

DOI: 10.1109/eem54602.2022.9920977

Abstract (EN): Energy communities (ECs) are emerging as a promising step to mitigate energy poverty and climate changes, since their main objective is to obtain environmental, economic, and social benefits for the participants, namely in terms of increasing local production using primary renewable resources. In the European Union (EU), Directives D2018 and D944 established a common regime for the promotion of ECs. Given the relevance of the topic, comparing regulations in force in Brazil, Germany, Portugal, and Spain, can contribute to mitigate risks, as well as save time and energy resources. Among the assessed aspects, this work analyzes requirements to access to the activity and measurement issues, which are already well and clearly defined. As for business models and remuneration, focus is given to energy cooperatives and feed-in payments. In turn, the main barriers include financing, end of incentives, need to develop new business models, and issues related to peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions. © 2022 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific