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Portugal first. Open to everyone.

Good energy.
Shared locally.

A practical starting point for energy communities.
Understand the rules, learn from real projects,
and find the tools to build your own.

Start a community Explore communities
For neighbours, cooperatives & local organisers
Illustrated neighbourhood with rooftop solar, connected homes and shared green spaces
Shared generation. Local participation.Illustration
Made for people, places & practical progressSource-linked knowledgeOpen-source foundationsEuropean perspective
Your next step

From a good idea
to a working community.

You do not need all the answers today.
Start with the people, then follow the path.

01

Understand the path

Get to grips with ACC, CER and CCE, the people involved, and the practical sequence.

Read the starter guide 02

Learn from communities

Explore local sharing projects and European cooperatives, with their evidence and open questions.

Meet the communities 03

Find the right tools

Separate community services, home automation and protocol components by what they actually do.

Explore the ecosystem
People already putting it into practice

Different places.
A shared ambition.

Browse the community directory →
LisboaNeighbourhood solar
Portugal · Local sharing

Telheiras / Lumiar

A neighbourhood solar community promoted by Viver Telheiras and the Lumiar parish council, with vulnerable households included.

See the evidence →
PortoMunicipal collaboration
Portugal · Local sharing

Agra do Amial

A solar energy community involving municipal housing and a local school, developed through Asprela + Sustentável.

See the evidence →
FlandersCitizen ownership
Belgium · Cooperative

Ecopower

A citizen-owned cooperative investing in renewable generation and supplying electricity to its members.

See the evidence →

A curated starting collection. Reported activity is labelled; registration and outcomes need their own evidence.

Keep the rules close

Know what applies
before you build.

The legal framework and the network process both matter. Our dated baseline connects official legislation to the next questions for your project.

Explore the legislation baseline →
Portugal / key starting pointsSource-linked
Decreto-Lei n.º 130/2026Legal amendment · Adopted amendmentDecreto-Lei n.º 15/2022Legal framework · Adopted baselineRegulamento n.º 815/2023Regulation · Adopted baseline

Manually curated. Check the current consolidated rules before acting.

The OpenREC initiative

Build in the open.
Learn in the real world.

We are developing an open-source prototype for coordinating household loads with solar forecasts and electricity prices. Follow the implementation, limitations and next steps.

v0.1 · PrototypeExplore our project ↗See the code on GitHub (opens in a new tab)