Category: Protagonists

The El Franco Energy Community was established in 2022 to promote the generation and shared consumption of renewable energy in the municipality. In 2026, the City Council joined the community to strengthen its development and promote new projects. As part of the 2026 Agenda 2030 call for proposals, plans call for the installation of a…

The Energy Community of Gedrez is a non-profit association created in 2025 by the neighbors of the village to channel different initiatives for energy improvement. The first project is the creation of a collective self-consumption to reduce energy consumption. The opportunity arises from the presence in the vicinity of an old abandoned hydroelectric power plant,…

The Rural Energy Community of El Valle, promoted by Ruraltopia, brings together 5 self-employed and a cooperative to collectively manage their self-consumption facilities. Incorporated as an association, it seeks to create a Local Smart Grid that optimizes energy production and consumption through digital monitoring. With a target of 30-40kW, the CEE promotes shared services, joint…

“Located in Valledor, the concern of the neighbors about the cost of energy has led us since 2020 to study the feasibility of a community solar farm. Initially, the costs and the lack of access to the grid made the project difficult. In 2024 FAEN informed us of a change in the regulations that facilitated…

The Xúntate Llanera energy community, a pioneer in Asturias, was set up in 2022 in the municipality of Llanera, promoted by the Axúntase collaborative housing cooperative. It currently has 25 members and a board of directors made up of four women and three men living in Llanera. It has organized talks and conferences subsidized by…

The energy community of San Martín del Rey Aurelio was born with the impulse of the City Council and a group of neighbors committed to a fairer, more sustainable and participatory energy model. This initiative, directly linked to the territory and the fight against energy poverty, seeks to generate local renewable energy to reduce costs,…

Shared self-consumption in Langreo has been collaboratively promoted by the Langreo City Council, the public housing company Vipasa and the Asturian Energy Foundation (FAEN), with the support of the Cruz de los Ángeles Foundation, Hunosa and the CTIC Foundation. This project stands out for its strong social dimension, as it integrates the promotion of renewable…

This energy community was created with the double objective of covering, through the production of renewable energy, part of the consumption of municipal facilities, involving the population of the municipality of Muros del Nalón in the project. The legal form chosen was the creation of an Association whose members are the people interested in participating…