Energy communities

The spark is spreading to citizens

Elisabeth Steinlechner on her own PV system in Landeck.(Bild: Daum Hubert)

Renewable energy communities with self-generated electricity should start a revolution on the energy market. And they will, if things continue as they are. Especially in the west of Tyrol there is a huge spark! However, there is a data problem.

The "Renewable Energy Expansion Act" passed in 2021 seems to have heralded a new era with the possibility of establishing so-called renewable energy communities (EEG). In simple terms, an EEG is an association of at least two participants for the joint production and utilization of energy from renewable sources, usually electricity.