COME-RES | Portugal

The Portuguese Stakeholder Desk

In Portugal, the project focuses on the Norte Region as the target-region. However, as most of the regulatory and legal framework for RECs is developed at national level, national stakeholders and actors from other regions are also involved in the project activities. The technological focus of the desk is on PV and integrated community solutions, as RECs are mostly seen as potential contributors for PV penetration.

There are already some cases of collective investment in PV projects, where individuals gathered and invested in a common generation site. Nonetheless, the majority of existing projects still lack a shared management of energy generation and use, and a concrete active participation of the community in the energy system. The model of community energy is still not particularly popular in Portugal, and more specifically in the Norte Region, given a lack of credibility and the number of legislative and technical barriers to their implementation.

The Stakeholder Desk’s main goal is to promote an informal dialogue with the different market actors and stakeholders. The desk is composed of 35 entities, covering a large spectrum of stakeholders from the local, regional and national levels. The desk includes amongst others research organizations, public authorities and policy makers, community energy initiatives and cooperatives, energy system operators, energy and innovation agencies and utilities.

Resources

Policy Brief

Policy Brief 4: Short-term actions to meet long-term visions

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COME RES has been facilitating the market uptake of...

Publication Date: 27 Feb 2023

Author: Arthur Hinsch (ICLEI Europe), Michael Krug (FUB), Maria Rosaria Di Nucci (FUB) and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)

The Portuguese Stakeholder Desk

Resources

Policy Brief 4: Short-term actions to meet long-term visions

Factsheet 4: The COME RES Stakeholder Desks – paving the way for renewable energy communities

Factsheet 3: Transferring Renewable Energy Communities and Inspiring Action

D8.7 Advancing Renewable Energy Communities in Europe: Affordable Energy. Local Ownership. Resilience.

EnR Event Energy Agencies and Renewable Energy Communities

Policy Brief 3: Close, but not quite there

Factsheet 2: Municipalities and renewable energy communities – a perfect match

Policy Brief 2: Things are moving, let’s speed up!

Portuguese Stakeholder Desk 2nd Workshop and Policy Lab Summary

Factsheet 1: The Potential of Community Projects in the Renewable Energy Sector

Comunidades de energia renovável e o enquadramento regulatório em Portugal

Agenda: Workshop Temático 25.06.2021

Policy Brief 1: Renewable Energy Communities - Are we nearly there?

Energy Talk APDEN – RECs and the Transposition of RED II in 9 countries

Objetivos do projeto e Grupo de Discussão Nacional

Evento de Lancamento Grupo de Discussao em CERs

Portuguese Stakeholder Desk Kick Off Meeting Presentations

Portuguese Stakeholder Desk Kick Off Meeting Agenda