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Governance

Member

A person or entity that joins an energy community and takes part in its governance. The European directives reserve effective control to natural persons, local authorities and small enterprises.

Also known as: participant

Source: ORES

Terms used in this definition

  • Community
  • Governance
  • Local authority

In the same category

  • Managing agent
  • Participant

Articles that use this term

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  • Schools: a guide to energy sharing
  • Energy communities: a guide for municipalities
  • Local electricity: the short-circuit guide
  • Green electricity in Belgium: really green?
  • Solar surplus: the 5 options compared
  • Energy community: CWaPE documents and deadlines
  • Invoicing shared electricity in Belgium
  • Internal transfer price in an energy community
  • Billing in an energy community
  • Engaging energy community members
  • Simulate an allocation key: test your scenarios
  • Energy self-consumption in Belgium
  • Reduce your electricity bill: energy communities
  • Automatic allocation key generation
  • Allocation key in Belgium: the 3 regions
  • Join an energy community in Wallonia
  • Create an energy community in Wallonia
  • Energy communities in Belgium: CER, CEC, CEL
  • Energy communities in Europe: RED II and IEMD
  • Launching OptimCE: the origins of the project

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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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OptimCE

Open source management platform for renewable energy communities.

Born from Locomotrice, a Walloon research project (2023–2026) funded by the Win2Wal programme and led by ULiège (BEMS laboratory) and CECOTEPE.

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