Energy communities III

Clean local energy for self-consumption in a Portuguese small town.

Resumen de la inversión

Categoría de impacto

Energía sostenible

Tipo de inversión

Préstamo

Interés anual

4.5

Plazo

meses

Nivel de riesgo

The funds raised through this campaign will be used to finance the installation of a renewable energy community located in a small town in the center of Portugal, Fornos Zambujal, (municipality of Cantanhede). A total of 97,5 kWp will be installed. The plant will produce around 152 MWh of clean energy per year.

This community will be part of the project “100 Villages” and is one of the three plants to be installed on the roofs of the Associação Cultural e Recreativa and Moveis e Carpintaria Murta (a cultural association and a carpentry & furniture shop).

“100 Aldeias” is a Portuguese project led by Cleanwatts (the promoter of this campaign and a pioneer in this type of project) and by the companies "About the Energy", in partnership with BEWG and Jeune. The mission of this project is to fight energy poverty by creating renewable energy communities that produce their own green, clean and decarbonized electricity, and promoting good energy practices among these same communities.

Adhering members will be able to buy electricity produced at the plant at a price around 25% lower than the price of the national grid during sunny hours. Participants will not be required to make any investment or change their contracts with their current energy supplier. Instead, they will only consume part of the energy generated from a local, green and sustainable source. This will accelerate the process of decarbonising these villages.

The participating members of the energy community will benefit from the referred reduced rate for a period of 20 years, with no need to make investments, nor charges or responsibilities with the operation, maintenance or installation. Cleanwatts will be responsible for the technical management of operation, maintenance and installation.

The project, which was awarded the Power Technology Excellence Awards in the Social Impact category, aims to positively impact 20,000 people living in 100 small Portuguese villages. The project is focused on rural communities and low-density territories, where it is difficult to gain scale for large photovoltaic production plants. It groups together several villages, where small photovoltaic plants will be installed, preferably on the roofs of existing buildings.

The energy generated will benefit the locals, without them having to incur financial effort. The company will also carry out training initiatives with its Kisense and Kiplo Energy Communities energy management tools, which will be made available to the Community to monitor and identify additional savings opportunities through energy efficiency projects and the introduction of energy storage at all times. that relevant.

¿Cuál es el impacto?

Direct impact

Contribution to the decarbonization of Portugal, avoiding CO2 emissions: with a clean energy production of around 152 MWh per year, the solar energy central will avoid the emission of 20,4 tonnes of CO2 every year. This is equivalent to the absorption of CO2 from around 929 trees.

Indirect impact

Reduction of energy poverty in Portugal: through community energy production, the "100 Aldeias" project will impact 20,000 people in 100 small Portuguese villages, with an expected reduction of around 10% of their energy costs and an increase in their levels of thermal comfort.

Indicadores de impacto
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20439

CO2 avoided per year

152531

KWh

clean energy

200

people

impacted

Contribución a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
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Sobre el promotor

About

CLEANWATTS ENERGY PROJECTS, LDA

Fundado en 2019 por Luísa Matos, Basílio Simões, Michael Pinto, James McDougall y Jorge Landeck, el grupo Cleanwatts conecta a varias entidades con más de 15 años de experiencia en el sector energético y busca simplificar, ampliar y acelerar la descarbonización de la economía y la lucha contra la pobreza energética. Con sus productos y servicios, Cleanwatts pretende contribuir a la construcción de un mundo en el que la energía sea descentralizada, digital y democrática. Para ello, combina la poderosa influencia de la tecnología digital con un conocimiento exhaustivo de los sistemas de energía limpia, el análisis avanzado de datos y la financiación de proyectos de energía renovable rumbo a un futuro descarbonizado y sostenible.

Cleanwatts ha desarrollado un conjunto de plataformas digitales de gestión energética que permite a sus clientes controlar, gestionar, optimizar y controlar sus necesidades a nivel de consumo, producción, almacenamiento, adquisición, compensación y transición energéticos.

Cleanwatts hace fácil lo difícil en lo que respecta a la gestión energética para sus clientes, ya que combina sus competencias a nivel de soluciones digitales con aspectos financieros y de operaciones, todo ello gracias a un equipo multidisciplinar que acumula una experiencia única y permite a los clientes minimizar tiempo, riesgos y costes de cara a una transición energética satisfactoria.

Cleanwatts Energy Projects Lda se creó para financiar proyectos de energía solar y crear comunidades energéticas. Forma parte del grupo Cleanwatts, cuyo accionista mayoritario es la empresa matriz Enerbellum, Lda.

En la actualidad, Cleanwatts emplea a un equipo de más de 60 especialistas cualificados que cuentan, de media, con una trayectoria que supera los 15 años de experiencia a la hora de enfrentarse a retos energéticos de clientes ubicados en Portugal, Europa y Brasil. Se trata de una empresa dirigida por un equipo de gestión internacional experimentado y con un recorrido de excelencia en los ámbitos de la digitalización, los sistemas energéticos, data science, software y servicios financieros asociados a la financiación de proyectos de sostenibilidad.

Sitio web del promotor

https://www.cleanwatts.energy/

Equipo

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