{"id":2193,"date":"2023-06-23T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/comunidades-energia-renovavel\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:43:49","slug":"comunidades-energia-renovavel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/comunidades-energia-renovavel\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Energy Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are Renewable Energy Communities (RECs)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Aligned with EU Directive 2018\/2001, RECs empower consumers to become active participants in the production and management of their energy. These communities use local renewable sources to meet the needs of the surrounding population.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do they work in Portugal?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established by Decree-Law No. 15\/2022, an REC is a legal entity formed through voluntary and open participation. Its members can include individuals, private companies, public entities, condominiums, agricultural units, and municipalities.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-profit focus: The primary goal is to deliver environmental, economic, and social benefits rather than financial profit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic savings: Companies in the sector estimate monthly savings of 20% to 30% on energy bills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social impact: They contribute to social and territorial cohesion and to job creation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Market access: RECs have the right to access all energy markets without discrimination.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Getting Started<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to Decree-Law No. 15\/2022, these communities can produce, store, and sell energy. Once active, they follow the same rules as collective self-consumption regarding rights, duties, and energy metering. Production facilities are subject to mandatory registration or licensing.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Difference between RECs and Citizen Energy Communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizen Energy Communities: Focus exclusively on electricity and are technology-neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECs: Focus on all renewable sources (including non-electric ones) and emphasize proximity to the place of generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ql-heading\">Rita Duarte | <a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"mailto:rduarte@rosarioduarte.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rduarte@rosarioduarte.pt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"btn gray\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gyHAu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for our Newsletter<\/a><br>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ql-heading\">Contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">here<\/a> to book a meeting<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Renewable Energy Communities (RECs)? Aligned with EU Directive 2018\/2001, RECs empower consumers to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2199,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}