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Self-consumption

Collective self-consumption

Self-consumption carried out by several parties, within one building or a defined perimeter. It falls under a regulatory framework distinct from individual self-consumption and requires an allocation key between participants.

Source: CWaPE

Terms used in this definition

  • Self-consumption
  • Allocation key

In the same category

  • Injected surplus
  • Self-consumption rate
  • Surplus

Articles that use this term

  • Farm roofs: the energy-sharing guide
  • Schools: a guide to energy sharing
  • Energy sharing in a condominium: the guide
  • Local electricity: the short-circuit guide
  • Reduce your electricity bill: Wallonia 2026
  • Why your electricity bill stays high in Belgium
  • Simulate an allocation key: test your scenarios
  • Energy self-consumption in Belgium
  • Automatic allocation key generation
  • Allocation key in Belgium: the 3 regions
  • Create an energy community in Wallonia
  • Energy communities in Belgium: CER, CEC, CEL
  • Energy communities in Europe: RED II and IEMD

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Energy communities: joining, creating, running — Understand the framework, join or create an energy community in Wallonia, then keep it running day to day.

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