{"id":57168,"date":"2019-04-15T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/?p=57168"},"modified":"2019-04-15T20:05:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T19:05:43","slug":"is-the-light-dawning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eco123.info\/en\/news\/is-the-light-dawning\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the light dawning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Energy communities want to start up in Portugal<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;How can I produce energy collectively?\u201d You can\u2019t because the law doesn\u2019t allow it. The legal obstacles in Portugal against autonomy and energy decentralisation came to the fore during the BEACON workshop in Set\u00fabal. Examples of projects and energy communities brought from Greek and German cities would be illegal in Portugal. As people clamour for changes in the law, there are already initiatives that point to a more ecological and community-based future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Citizens must put a halt to their local network,&#8221; Ana Rita Antunes advised. She is one of the three women who form the staff of Coop\u00e9rnico. This cooperative has over 1,200 members, who so far have invested in 20 small renewable energy projects. &#8220;We produce renewable systems in a decentralised way. We want to contribute to a fairer and more democratic source of energy,\u201d she says. Coop\u00e9rnico intends to become an energy supplier for the whole country. &#8220;We want our members to have only renewable energy on their bills. Today the network includes coal, fracking and nuclear power along with imported energy,\u201d Ana explains. For this reason, the Cooperative has launched a campaign to raise 100,000 euros, the amount that is required in guarantees to EDP and REN, to be able to take the next step. &#8220;It&#8217;s a good way for people to invest other than in banks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tie-full-width-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57173\" src=\"http:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/copernico.png\" alt=\"copernico\" width=\"1000\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/copernico.png 1000w, https:\/\/eco123.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/copernico-768x271.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Coop\u00e9rnico participates in REScoop.eu, the European Federation of Renewable Energy Cooperatives \u2013 where, among 1,500 energy cooperatives, there is, for example, the Catalan SOM Energy, created in 2010, which today has more than 55,000 members. &#8220;It allows us to learn from other cooperatives and to use energy efficiency projects that have already been tested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Energy is a very closed system, which is not transparent and has a lot of lobbies,\u201d says the head of the cooperative accusingly, for whom this is a new way of doing things, different from the big companies in the sector. &#8220;We actively want our members to reduce energy consumption. Our money comes from consumers, not from the banks. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another place where people haven\u2019t waited for politicians to plan the future is in the Alentejo village of S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, under the jurisdiction of Odemira Municipal Council. &#8220;Energy with joy&#8221; is the name of the innovative initiative that is uniting the group Transition S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, the parish council, members of the Tamera eco-village and members of Coop\u00e9rnico, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>Their goal? To co-create and design the entire energy system of the village. \u201cWhich solar power system will be adopted, with what legal framework and how will it be financed? All of this project is to be designed in a collective, collaborative way,&#8221; explains Guillermo Luz of the PROSEU project for the Energy Union, which is breathing life into the process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goal is to think how to do something that allows us to move forward, but which will also be adaptable in the future, in the next legal framework. It\u2019s a living laboratory \u2013 and a pioneering initiative in Portugal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy communities want to start up in Portugal &#8220;How can I produce energy collectively?\u201d You can\u2019t because the law doesn\u2019t allow it. The legal obstacles in Portugal against autonomy and energy decentralisation came to the fore during the BEACON workshop in Set\u00fabal. 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