Local energy communities:

EU policies & innovation challenges

Gianluca FULLI
Deputy Head of Unit
Energy Security, Distribution and Markets
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Clean Energy Package & energy communities
Electricity Directive Renewable Energy Directive
2019/944 2018/2001

Source: DG ENER
 EU’s twin green and digital ambitions

• European energy market: fully integrated, interconnected and digitalised

• Digital technologies enabler for sustainability but also big energy consumers
• Accessible and interoperable data are at the heart of innovation

European Commission, Communication COM(2019) 640 final, The European Green Deal
European Commission, Communication, Shaping Europe’s digital future, 2020
https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/recovery-coronavirus/recovery-and-resilience-facility_en
JRC study: EU-funded collective energy actions
Technological solutions trialled
Objectives of the collective energy actions
PROJECT-SPECIFIC

OVERARCHING

energy use & CO2 emissions

renewable energy

system reliability
Traditional and emerging actors
 Community engagement strategies
INCENTIVES &
REWARDS

COMMUNITY
TRUSTED
INCREASED ACTORS
AWARENESS

PARTICIPATORY
APPROACH
 JRC collaboration with energy communities

Collaboration via H2020 Erigrid

2.0 project

JRC Smart Grid

• Testing and validation Renewable Energy
Interoperability Lab • Integrated database of
Community of
measurements Magliano Alpi
• Replicability/scalability
analysis

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Final messages
• Supportive policy, research & innovation
framework for energy communities
• Technologies

• Business models

• Community engagement

• System-wide approach: flexibility

services, costs-benefits evaluations,..
 Thank you

https://ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Gianluca FULLI
Deputy Head of Unit

Energy Security, Distribution and Markets

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 Joint Research Centre

As the science and knowledge

service of the Commission our
mission is to support EU policies
with independent evidence
throughout the whole policy cycle

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ENERGY
(ELECTRICITY)
POLICIES
CLEAN ENERGY PACKAGE
Electricity Market and Risk
PREVIOUS ENERGY SYSTEM
ENERGY Preparedness Dir. & Regs INTEGRATION FIT FOR 55 PACKAGE
PACKAGES Renewable Energy Directive STRATEGY

2014 2019 2021

- (eIDAS) e-Identification - Security of Network & Info DIGITAL SERVICE NEW CYBER-
EUROPEAN DATA
Authentication&SignatureReg Systems (NIS) Directive AND DIGITAL SECURITY
STRATEGY
MARKET ACTS STRATEGY
- General Data Protection - Open Data Directive
Reg. (GDPR)

DIGITAL
POLICIES
Geographical distribution of participants