New citizen energy community founded in Sollenau

In Sollenau in Niederösterreich, an association has been formed to establish a citizen energy community. This adds the town to a growing number of local initiatives that aim to generate, distribute, and jointly use electricity from renewable sources regionally. For members of such communities, this means concretely: those who source electricity from a PV system in the vicinity instead of from the general grid benefit from reduced network charges and often lower prices than on the free market. A prerequisite is usually a smart meter, which records consumption every quarter hour and enables allocation to the community. Such association foundings show how differently citizen energy can be organized in Austria – from small local initiatives to nationwide communities like the DEA. Anyone interested in joining an energy community should check in advance which PV systems in the vicinity are integrated and how billing is specifically handled.

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