US EditionEU Fails to Deliver on Promise of Local Energy Communities, ECA Warns
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The EU fails to promote local energy communities, one of the key parts of the European Green Pact designed to enable citizens, municipalities and small businesses to share renewable electricity and lower their energy bills. A report by the European Court of Auditors concludes that the development of these initiatives is moving much slower than expected by legal, bureaucratic and technical problems, which puts at risk the objective of each Europe…
EU fails to deliver on promise of local energy communities, ECA warns
People living in so-called energy communities are usually enthusiastic about producing their own renewable energy, but certain complaints and frustrations keep coming up, the latest EU auditors' audit reveals. Resistance from energy generators is also blocking progress.
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The EU expects energy communities to provide 17 per cent of wind power and 21 per cent of photovoltaic capacity by 2030.A report submitted by the European Court of Auditors considers this to be too optimistic – which is a very mild formulation.The legal and technical hurdles are too high.The EU has ambitious targets for energy communities, i.e. organisational forms in which citizens, small businesses and local authorities generate, manage, joint…
The European Court of Auditors points out legal and technical barriers to the creation of energy communities. Portugal stands at the heart of the European ranking.
Citizen-generated energy is an attractive idea in theory, but difficult to achieve in practice
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