[ { "id": "pt-telheiras", "name": "Telheiras / Lumiar", "country": "Portugal", "location": "Lisboa", "category": "Local sharing", "status": "Reported operational", "summary": "A neighbourhood solar community promoted by Viver Telheiras and the Lumiar parish council, with vulnerable households included.", "evidence": "The organiser reports two production units and 70 members on its community page. This is an organiser report, not an independent outcome audit.", "lesson": "Build participation and advice around a local organisation people already know.", "unknowns": "Audited savings, current joining availability and registration documents have not been verified.", "sources": [ { "label": "Viver Telheiras: community and participation", "url": "https://vivertelheiras.pt/certelheiras/" } ], "tags": [ "solar", "inclusion", "CER", "Lisbon" ], "website": "https://vivertelheiras.pt/certelheiras/", "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "pt-agra-amial", "name": "Agra do Amial", "country": "Portugal", "location": "Porto", "category": "Local sharing", "status": "Reported operational", "summary": "A solar energy community involving municipal housing and a local school, developed through Asprela + Sustentável.", "evidence": "The municipality describes the community as an ERSE pilot. Porto’s 2024 sustainability report says it began operating in May 2024.", "lesson": "Municipal buildings and housing can anchor a community with a social purpose.", "unknowns": "Current membership, independently measured savings and open participation have not been verified.", "sources": [ { "label": "Porto: community project", "url": "https://naturebasedsolutions.porto.pt/nbs/comunidade-energetica-do-bairro-da-agra-do-amial/" }, { "label": "Porto: 2024 sustainability report", "url": "https://www.cm-porto.pt/files/uploads/cms/Relatorio_Desenvolvimento_Sustentavel_2024_Porto_Futuro_PT.pdf" } ], "tags": [ "solar", "municipal", "CER", "social housing" ], "website": "https://asprelamaissustentavel.pt/", "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "pt-coopernico", "name": "Coopérnico", "country": "Portugal", "location": "Portugal mainland", "category": "Cooperative", "status": "Reported active", "summary": "A Portuguese renewable-energy cooperative with citizen investment, electricity supply and community-development support.", "evidence": "Its website documents membership, supply and renewable-generation investment. A nationwide cooperative is a different model from a single local sharing group.", "lesson": "Cooperative ownership can connect member capital to renewable generation.", "unknowns": "Legal CER/CCE classification of individual projects must be checked separately. Member benefits depend on the service or project.", "sources": [ { "label": "Coopérnico: membership and services", "url": "https://www.coopernico.org/" }, { "label": "Coopérnico: investment model", "url": "https://www.coopernico.org/investir" } ], "tags": [ "cooperative", "ownership", "support" ], "website": "https://www.coopernico.org/", "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "pt-sanjotec", "name": "SANJOTEC", "country": "Portugal", "location": "São João da Madeira", "category": "Local sharing", "status": "Reported operational", "summary": "A technology-park solar community with Cleanwatts, combining rooftop panels and parking canopies with local energy sharing.", "evidence": "SANJOTEC’s 15 August 2026 announcement reports operation and 271.8 kWp installed. The 312 MWh/year production and 74% own-use figures are estimates.", "lesson": "A host site with daytime consumption can anchor sharing with nearby participants.", "unknowns": "Measured yearly production, realised savings, legal registration and current joining availability require confirmation.", "sources": [ { "label": "SANJOTEC: operation and recruitment announcement", "url": "https://www.sanjotec.com/pt/noticias/sanjotec/sanjotec-e-cleanwatts-procuram-membros-para-comunidade-de-energia" } ], "website": "https://www.sanjotec.com/pt/noticias/sanjotec/sanjotec-e-cleanwatts-procuram-membros-para-comunidade-de-energia", "tags": [ "solar", "Cleanwatts", "carports", "CER" ], "source_published_at": "2026-08-15", "capacity_kwp": 271.8, "annual_generation_mwh": 312, "annual_generation_basis": "organiser estimate", "own_use_share_percent": 74, "own_use_share_basis": "organiser estimate", "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "pt-aia", "name": "Autódromo Internacional do Algarve", "country": "Portugal", "location": "Portimão, Algarve", "category": "Local sharing", "status": "Provider-reported project", "summary": "A large rooftop solar project at the Algarve motorsport complex, presented by SES Energia as an energy community.", "evidence": "SES’s 27 August 2025 case study reports more than 1,151 kWp and local sharing. This differs from the research report’s approximate 1 MW figure.", "lesson": "A substantial host can anchor generation, but local participation and governance still need evidence.", "unknowns": "Independent operating data, member governance, registration and realised savings have not been established.", "sources": [ { "label": "SES Energia: AIA case study", "url": "https://sesenergia.pt/pt/case-study-cer-aia-autodromo-internacional-do-algarve/" } ], "website": "https://sesenergia.pt/pt/case-study-cer-aia-autodromo-internacional-do-algarve/", "tags": [ "solar", "SES", "motorsport", "CER" ], "source_published_at": "2025-08-27", "reported_capacity_kwp_lower_bound": 1151, "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "pt-vila-verde", "name": "Adega Cultural de Vila Verde", "country": "Portugal", "location": "Vila Verde, Braga", "category": "Local sharing", "status": "Reported pilot operation", "summary": "A rural photovoltaic energy-sharing pilot at a municipal cultural venue, documented by CIM Cávado.", "evidence": "The intermunicipal authority says the pilot is already functioning and describes generation, consumption and sharing.", "lesson": "Local public institutions can provide a site and coordination for a rural demonstration.", "unknowns": "Capacity, measured outcomes, legal registration and current membership are undisclosed in the reviewed page.", "sources": [ { "label": "CIM Cávado: pilot in operation", "url": "https://www.cimcavado.pt/en/projeto-piloto-de-constituicao-de-comunidade-energetica-ja-em-funcionamento-em-vila-verde/" } ], "website": "https://www.cimcavado.pt/en/projeto-piloto-de-constituicao-de-comunidade-energetica-ja-em-funcionamento-em-vila-verde/", "tags": [ "solar", "municipal", "pilot", "rural" ], "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "pt-miranda", "name": "Miranda do Douro", "country": "Portugal", "location": "Miranda do Douro", "category": "Local sharing", "status": "Provider-reported project", "summary": "A community project associated with the local Santa Casa da Misericórdia and Cleanwatts.", "evidence": "Cleanwatts reports establishing a community in August 2021 and identifies the Santa Casa in its organisation history.", "lesson": "Social institutions can host generation and help connect a project to local needs.", "unknowns": "Present operational status, capacity, energy output, member numbers and formal registration have not been independently verified.", "sources": [ { "label": "Cleanwatts: reported community history", "url": "https://www.cleanwatts.energy/" }, { "label": "Cleanwatts: organisation and project context", "url": "https://cleanwatts.energy/sobre-nos/" } ], "website": "https://www.cleanwatts.energy/", "tags": [ "solar", "social institution", "Cleanwatts" ], "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "es-somenergia", "name": "Som Energia", "country": "Spain", "location": "Spain", "category": "Cooperative", "status": "Reported active", "summary": "A member-based renewable-energy cooperative combining electricity supply and generation projects.", "evidence": "The cooperative publishes its supply, production and participation model. Included as a European example, without asserting Portuguese eligibility.", "lesson": "Look at member participation and governance alongside the technical system.", "unknowns": "Eligibility and availability vary by local project. This entry does not establish REC/CEC status under a particular national scheme.", "sources": [ { "label": "Som Energia: cooperative and services", "url": "https://www.somenergia.coop/es" } ], "tags": [ "cooperative", "governance" ], "website": "https://www.somenergia.coop/es", "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null }, { "id": "be-ecopower", "name": "Ecopower", "country": "Belgium", "location": "Flanders", "category": "Cooperative", "status": "Reported active", "summary": "A citizen-owned cooperative investing in renewable generation and supplying electricity to its members.", "evidence": "The organisation describes cooperative ownership of wind, solar, batteries and heat networks. This is organisation-reported activity.", "lesson": "Long-term ownership and supply can reinforce one another within a cooperative.", "unknowns": "This is not a local Portuguese ACC template. Current membership conditions and project-level outcomes require direct review.", "sources": [ { "label": "Ecopower: ownership and energy model", "url": "https://ecopower.be/" } ], "tags": [ "cooperative", "wind", "solar" ], "website": "https://ecopower.be/", "checked_at": "2026-10-12", "source_published_at": null, "source_updated_at": null } ]