Solar Community

The road to energy independence

Resumo do investimento

Categoria de impacto

Energia sustentável

Tipo de investimento

Empréstimo

Juro anual

6.3

Prazo

meses

Nível de risco

B-

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Comunidad Solar is a company whose main mission is to help people become owners of renewable energy we can get from the sun, wind, and water.

The promoter wants to break traditional dependence on the energy market, by creating energy communities that empower their members. To do so, Comunidad Solar buys solar parks (and other renewable generation assets) and then sells memberships to people who become community members, without having to install panels on their roofs.

The funds raised through this campaign will be used to invest in a solar park in Murcia, Spain called Cervantina. Cervantina's legal name is Lorenzo Solar SL. The investment will focus on three dimensions:

Buy the remaining 50.1% of Lorenzo Solar SL that doesn't belong to the promoter yet (Comunidad Solar currently owns 49,9% of the company and 80% of energy generation rights).
Paying back shareholders' loans used to purchase part of Lorenzo Solar SL.
Fund the activities to develop the energy community business model.

The investment will allow more people to join Comunidad Solar's model by owning solar panels remotely.

In Spain, around 80% of the population lives in urban areas, where it can be challenging to install solar panels. This model brings an alternative solution to form energy communities and achieve energy independence. Anyone who joins the community will have access to solar-powered electricity at zero cost per kWh for 30 years, delivered through Comercializadora Eletrica, an electric company owned by Comunidad Solar.

Qual é o impacto?

Direct

Contribution to the decarbonisation of Spain, avoiding CO2 emissions: With a total production of clean energy of 2 352.24 MWh per year, the solar plant will avoid the emission of about 282.27 tonnes of CO2 per year. This is equivalent to the CO2 absorption of 12 830 trees.
Cost reduction for the end customer: energy production through renewable sources, owned by the consumer lowers the costs of the electricity consumed and a lower dependence on the national grid making it less vulnerable to price fluctuations and tax charges.

Indirect

Increasing access to renewable energy consumption: Comunidad Solar has developed an innovative model for renewable energy – remote self-consumption. In Spain, much of the population and SMEs don’t dispose of a roof over which solar panels can be installed. They are therefore excluded from the option of traditional self-consumption installations. To solve this, Comunidad Solar acquires big solar, wind, and hydroelectric plants and sells to clients the energy production rights of the plants. With this solution, the clients don’t pay for the energy, only cover transportation, tolls, and taxes. This concept was initiated by Comunidad Solar in 2023, and 750 people are subscribers of this solution.

Indicadores de impacto
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282269

CO2 avoided per year

2352240

KWh

clean energy

Contribuição para os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável
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Sobre o promotor

About

COMUNIDAD SOLAR POWER S.L.

Fundada em 2018, a Comunidad Solar é uma empresa sediada em Madrid, criada para tornar as energias renováveis acessíveis a todos.

A Comunidad Solar está a mudar a forma como as pessoas acedem à energia renovável, gerindo instalações de energia renovável, como parques solares e centrais hidroeléctricas, onde vendem adesões a particulares e empresas.

Os membros podem comprar a sua adesão a estas instalações e, em troca, receber energia a custo zero por kWh. Este modelo oferece benefícios financeiros e permite que indivíduos contribuam para transição energética, independentemente de limitações de espaço para instalações pessoais.

A Comunidad Solar tem uma equipa de mais de 30 especialistas pioneiros em energia solar remota em Espanha, o que levou a empresa a lançar a primeira comunidade de energia espanhola que combina a potência de um parque solar e de uma central hidroelétrica. O plano é incluir ainda a potência de uma turbina eólica. Atualmente, a comunidade do promotor é composta por mais de 2182 membros, que produzem coletivamente 96% da energia que consomem. É, assim, a maior comunidade de energia remota de Espanha.

O promotor conta com mais de 10 parceiros especialistas que investem o seu tempo e conhecimento para cumprir a visão de criar a maior agencia de comunidades de energia em Espanha. Estes parceiros incluem a Circle Energy, uma empresa com mais de 30 anos de experiência no desenvolvimento de activos de energias renováveis na Europa.

Website do promotor

https://comunidadsolar.es/

Equipa
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Modelo de negócio
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