From virtual net metering to community agri-PV projects

CommonEN in the North-West of Greece creates local, renewable energy projects, co-designed and co-owned by local people and together with the municipality of Ioannina. It is thus offering a radically realistic vision about the future of energy. Energy sharing through virtual net metering was “just” the start. But it marks just the beginning of CommonEn’s journey. The community is now planning the first urban community agri-photovoltaic project in Greece, and a replication will follow in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is an urban vegetable garden that will be combined with the production of clean energy from special photovoltaic panels. Now the community seeks to engage the municipality to promote such projects jointly. Their gateway to start the conversation with municipal authorities has been the LIFE LOOP accreditation programme. Sotiris Tsoukarelis, CEO of the Ioannina Municipal Real Estate Company, and a member of CommonEn, explains their commitment.

“The Municipality of Ioannina plans to follow the LIFE LOOP accreditation programme, and proactively work with local stakeholders to promote citizen-led energy projects that can help us reach climate neutrality by 2030.”

CommonEn was pioneered by Electra Energy (also LIFE LOOP partner) and Peer to Peer Lab, a research organisation, in the context of the SCCALE203050 Horizon project. 

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