Technical Aspects (Technicalities)
Appropriate Technologies & Technologies for Community Projects
Technological solutions that are suitable for the social and economic conditions of the geographic area in which they are to be applied, are environmentally sound, use locally available resources and are maintained and operated by the local community promoting self-sufficiency on the part of those using it.
Nowadays, knowledge and different technologies are widely available. What you have to do is look for appropriate applications to address specific energy needs, experiment and develop suitable solutions.
Energy Communities aim to self-organize around energy-related activities to provide services or other socio-economic benefits to the members and the local community. To achieve this, they can focus on a great variety of activities using different types of technologies to achieve their goals.
Although most of the Energy Communities in Europe focus on renewable energy production activities, in recent years they have been progressively extending their scope to include other solutions in the field of energy (efficiency, supply, distribution, storage). At this point, we wish to emphasize that the different technologies, size/scale, location, planning and impact assessment of the deployment of these technologies are crucial in ensuring that they serve the needs and possibilities of the community without negatively impacting the surrounding environment. In this case, technologies serve as a tool to accomplish the communities’ vision.