Energy communities VIII

Clean local energy for self-consumption.

Resumo do investimento

Categoria de impacto

Energia sustentável

Tipo de investimento

Empréstimo

Juro anual

5.25

Prazo

meses

Nível de risco

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The funds raised through this campaign will be used to finance the installation of a renewable energy community located in Penacova, in the district of Coimbra, in Portugal.

A total of 68.6 kW will be installed. The plant will produce around 108.8 MWh of clean energy per year. The plant will be located at Quinta do Vale Pousado, coordinates 40.262374619769616, -8.349255142326848.

Quinta do Vale Pousado is an estate used for events such as weddings. This community will be part of the project “100 Villages”.

“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. Their 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 decarbonizing 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.

Qual é o impacto?

Direct impact

Contribution to the decarbonization of Portugal, avoiding CO2 emissions: with a clean energy production of over 108 MWh per year, the solar energy central will avoid the emission of almost 14.6 tonnes of CO2 every year. This is equivalent to the absorption of CO2 from 663 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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14579

CO2 avoided per year

108800

KWh

clean energy

200

people

impacted

Contribuição para os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável
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Sobre o promotor

About

CLEANWATTS ENERGY PROJECTS, LDA

Fundado em 2019 por Luísa Matos, Basílio Simões, Michael Pinto, James McDougall e Jorge Landeck, o Grupo Cleanwatts agrega várias entidades com mais de 15 anos de experiência no sector da Energia e está empenhado em simplificar, amplificar e acelerar a descarbonização da economia e a luta contra a pobreza energética. Com os seus produtos e serviços, a Cleanwatts pretende contribuir para a construção de um mundo no qual a energia é descentralizada, digital e democrática. Combina o poder da tecnologia digital com conhecimentos aprofundados em sistemas de energia limpa, análise avançada de dados e o financiamento de projetos de energia renovável, rumo a um futuro descarbonizado e sustentável.

A Cleanwatts desenvolveu um conjunto de plataformas digitais de gestão de energia que possibilita aos seus clientes monitorizar, gerir, otimizar e controlar as suas necessidades a nível do consumo, produção, armazenamento, aquisição, compensação e transação de energia.

A Cleanwatts simplifica a complexidade da gestão de energia para os seus clientes, combinando capacidades em termos de soluções digitais, de financiamento e de operações, suportada numa equipa multidisciplinar, com uma experiência única, permitindo aos seus clientes reduzir o tempo, o risco e os custos associados de uma transição energética bem-sucedida.

A Cleanwatts Energy Projects Lda foi criada para financiar projetos de energia solar e criar Comunidades de Energia. É parte do grupo Cleanwatts cujo acionista maioritário é a holding Enerbellum, Lda..

Atualmente, a Cleanwatts emprega uma equipa talentosa de mais de 60 especialistas com uma média superior a 15 anos de experiência a resolver desafios relacionados com energia para clientes em Portugal, na Europa e no Brasil. A empresa é liderada por uma equipa de gestão internacional e experiente com um historial de excelência nas áreas da digitalização, dos sistemas de energia, do software, da data science e dos serviços financeiros associados ao financiamento de projetos de sustentabilidade.

Website do promotor

https://www.cleanwatts.energy/

Equipa
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