Abstract
This paper presents a review study of energy communities (ECs) in
Europe, and discusses the future development of such communities in
Europe – both related to energy technologies, energy carriers, regional
conditions (North, Central and South of Europe), emerging regulatory
development etc. From the analysis, it emerged that the future ECs in
Europe will focus on utilizing local renewable energy sources (sun,
wind, run of river, biogas, biomass), for covering all or part of the
energy consumption for end-use customers. The ECs can be a sustainable
alternative to large power plants based on fossil fuels. This is also
linked to the emerging regulatory developments started when European
Commission introduced such concepts in the “Clean Energy for all
Europeans” package. The main goal of eNeuron H2020 project is to
develop innovative tools for the optimal design and operation of ECs,
integrating distributed energy resources and multiple energy carriers at
different scales. Paper accepted at EEM2022 Conference