LECSEA
Local Energy Communities for the 2 Seas region
Priority Axis
Low Carbon TechnologiesSpecific objective
Low Carbon Technologies
Lead partner
Intermunicipal Association LeiedalContact
Date de début
01/02/2020Date de fin
30/09/2022Project budget
6 803 301 €ERDF amount
4 081 980 €ERDF rate
60%À propos
Common challenge
The role in the energy system of citizens, businesses and all types of energy consumerswill change in short future. Today all EU-member states prepare implementation by 2020 of "Local Energy Communities" (LEC): “an association, a cooperative, a
partnership, a non-profit organization or other legal entity which is effectively controlled by local shareholders or members, generally value rather than profit-driven, involved in distributed generation and in performing activities of a distribution system operator, supplier or aggregator at local level, including across borders."
LECs make energy sharing of mid-scale sustainable energy feasible, today it is very difficult.
New challenges arise: LECs offer the legal and organisational framework fo complex energy arrangements, but the initiation of these new arangements is not secured: businesses, citizens and organisations need to embrace the concept of
LEC, new organisation models, technical innovations and market services.