Inspiring Examples and Best Practices
OVERVIEW OF ENERGY COMMUNITIES
In the following chart, you can see an overview of energy communities in Europe.
| Country | Year Founded | Number of Members | Energy Production Activity and Technologies Used | Energy Supply Activities | Energy Efficiency Activities | Energy Poverty Activities | Financing other projects | |
| Minoan Energy Community | Greece | 2019 | 1054 | Present: Solar PV Future: pumped hydro storage, wind, biogas, batteries. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Energy Community of Karditsa (ESEK) | Greece | 2010 | Approx. 400 | Biomass (solid biofuels), Solar PV | No | No | No | No |
| Hyperion | Greece | 2020 | Approx. 120 | Solar PV | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| CommonEn (Koinergia) | Greece | 2021 | 53 (181 Beneficiaries) | Solar PV | No | Yes | – | No |
| Solarity | Greece | 2023 | 86 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| ZEZ – Green Energy Cooperative | Croatia | 2013 | 20 | Solar PV | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Som Energia | Spain | 2010 | 85 201 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| C-COOP | Portugal | 2022 | 40 | Solar PV | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Coopernico | Portugal | 2013 | 6087 | Solar PV | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enostra | Italy | 2014 | 14000 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |