Self-consumption in neighborhood communities: now it is possible
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 8:37 am
The approval of the new Decree 244/2019, of April 5, on photovoltaic self-consumption installations has entailed a series of very significant changes with respect to the previous regulations provided.
The main aspect of the change is that the need to pay a consumption fee known as the “sun tax” has been eliminated, but it also simplifies and modifies many limits and administrative procedures. In addition, the opportunity to install collective self-consumption systems has been enabled, which represents a unique opportunity for communities of neighbours to install community systems to reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The collective self-consumption modality
The new royal decree allows for the installation of self-consumption vp risk email list systems shared between different consumers, which constitutes a unique opportunity for communities of neighbours who will use the common areas of the building , mainly the roof, to install a community photovoltaic plant .
Participation in community plants
A neighbour acting as a consumer participates in a photovoltaic self-consumption installation that is considered collective if it belongs to a group of several consumers (community of owners) who will use as a power supply system, by prior agreement, the electrical energy generated by the photovoltaic plant installed in the common areas of the building , located nearby, and which can be located in a common area such as patios or, more commonly, on the roof of the building.
Community facilities in nearby areas
The regulations open the possibility of different plant locations: These types of facilities
can be considered in nearby areas :
Installations connected at low voltage at a maximum distance of 500 meters , for example, in a common area owned by the community of neighbors
Facilities connected to any of the low voltage networks derived from the same transformation centre, a situation that could occur in communities of owners that include several buildings , but share a community of owners.
Facilities all connected to the same cadastral reference.
This new development opens up important opportunities for communities of owners, as it enables remote self-consumption installations , which could be both individual and collective , for example, a municipal installation in which a photovoltaic plant is installed and which has a community of neighbours less than 500 metres away to whom the energy produced will be supplied.
In addition, this implies that collective self-consumption systems can be designed for communities of owners that are connected to the internal distribution network or in the case where a distribution network is used that runs along the public road and is external, for example the case of the municipal building mentioned above.
The main aspect of the change is that the need to pay a consumption fee known as the “sun tax” has been eliminated, but it also simplifies and modifies many limits and administrative procedures. In addition, the opportunity to install collective self-consumption systems has been enabled, which represents a unique opportunity for communities of neighbours to install community systems to reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The collective self-consumption modality
The new royal decree allows for the installation of self-consumption vp risk email list systems shared between different consumers, which constitutes a unique opportunity for communities of neighbours who will use the common areas of the building , mainly the roof, to install a community photovoltaic plant .
Participation in community plants
A neighbour acting as a consumer participates in a photovoltaic self-consumption installation that is considered collective if it belongs to a group of several consumers (community of owners) who will use as a power supply system, by prior agreement, the electrical energy generated by the photovoltaic plant installed in the common areas of the building , located nearby, and which can be located in a common area such as patios or, more commonly, on the roof of the building.
Community facilities in nearby areas
The regulations open the possibility of different plant locations: These types of facilities
can be considered in nearby areas :
Installations connected at low voltage at a maximum distance of 500 meters , for example, in a common area owned by the community of neighbors
Facilities connected to any of the low voltage networks derived from the same transformation centre, a situation that could occur in communities of owners that include several buildings , but share a community of owners.
Facilities all connected to the same cadastral reference.
This new development opens up important opportunities for communities of owners, as it enables remote self-consumption installations , which could be both individual and collective , for example, a municipal installation in which a photovoltaic plant is installed and which has a community of neighbours less than 500 metres away to whom the energy produced will be supplied.
In addition, this implies that collective self-consumption systems can be designed for communities of owners that are connected to the internal distribution network or in the case where a distribution network is used that runs along the public road and is external, for example the case of the municipal building mentioned above.