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First International Energy Communities Conference in Portugal
By COMPILE
Where: Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon, Portugal
When: 09 October 019
The event was aimed at representatives of the energy sector, policymakers, researchers, journalists and NGOs. Among others, the conference was organized by the Portuguese cooperative and REScoop.eu member Coopérnico in the framework of the Horizon 2020 project COMPILE.
The conference was divided in four panel discussion and started off with the presentation of the new regulatory framework for energy communities (EnC) in Portugal by the Secretary of State for Energy. COMPILE partners REScoop.eu and JOANNEUM RESEARCH contributed to the presentations and the first panel discussion on regulatory frameworks. The event continued with a morning break for networking between the participants and was followed by presentations and another panel discussion about methodologies and technologies that can help to build and enable the creation of EnC.
During the afternoon several pilot cases in Portugal, including Lisbon pilot site which is one of COMPILE pilot locations, were presented. In the last panel several cases throughout the world were introduced, followed by a Q&A session.
More information and pictures can be found on the COMPILE event page.