{"id":3298,"date":"2023-10-31T19:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soltis.be\/news\/launching-energy-communities-in-saint-gilles\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:07:30","slug":"launching-energy-communities-in-saint-gilles","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/soltis.be\/en\/news\/launching-energy-communities-in-saint-gilles\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching energy communities in Saint Gilles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The commune of Saint-Gilles and its residents will eventually form a green energy sharing community. A few steps remain to be taken, but the first photovoltaic panels have already been installed.<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

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An energy community is based on\n \n the sharing of electricity between its members<\/a>\n <\/em>\n<\/strong>some of whom are producers of green electricity. Everything takes place locally, and the excess production from the photovoltaic panels is sold at a favourable rate to members of the community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Brussels commune of Saint-Gilles has decided to adopt this model, based on citizen participation. It’s an opportunity for the community and its residents to work together to make the energy transition. It also responds to Europe’s desire to introduce new forms of energy sharing (\n \n \n Clean Energy Package<\/em>\n <\/strong>\n <\/u>\n<\/a>), whose directives were transposed into the Brussels regulatory framework this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9 municipal sites concerned<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To develop this project, the Saint-Gilles authorities, following a public procurement procedure, awarded the works concession to Easy PV (an association between \n \n Energiris<\/em>\n <\/strong>\n<\/a>a citizen financing cooperative, and Soltis, the1st<\/sup>photovoltaicinstaller<\/sup>in Brussels).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Easy PV takes care of the financing (along the lines of the third-party investment<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a>), Soltis is responsible for the design, supply, installation and maintenance of photovoltaic systems for the production of green electricity on the municipality’s public buildings, with added value for the municipality and the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all, almost 600 panels, totalling 236kWp<\/strong>, will be installed on :<\/p>\n\n\n\n