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Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 2:11 .

Event Kicks Off with Focus on Energy Communities and Upcoming Market Design Reforms

Savannah Altwater, head of distribution and market facilitation at Eurelectric, addressed the audience in a session focused on energy communities and their impact on local areas through energy sharing. She welcomed attendees to a presentation and panel discussion. She explained that energy communities involve groups of citizens or businesses jointly investing in generation assets and sharing the produced energy among themselves or supplying it externally based on regulations. A recent update mentioned that new market design will be enforced starting next month with an implementation timeline extending until July 2026 for full adoption across member states. The session was structured into three key presentations: 1. Walter Kreisel, CEO and founder of Sustainable Mobility at neoom. 2. Daniel Maré Dias alongside José Queirós de Almeida from Greenvolt Communities. 3. Margarida Correia Pires from EDP Comercial. These speakers were expected to provide insights into sustainable practices within their respective fields as part of the overarching theme of fostering robust energy communities across Europe. Automatisierte Zusammenfassung durch AI Conver

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Savannah Altvater
Head of Distribution & Market Facilitation
Eurelectric
Belgium

Energy communities, whose members engage in self-consumption and local energy sharing of renewable energy, offer significant potential. Besides smart energy sharing, members of the community cooperate in energy production and consumption. The recent energy market revision recognizes the potential of energy communities for reducing grid congestion and promoting local decarbonization efforts, and their contribution to standardizing processes and aligning them with existing structures. Explore the potential of energy communities, direct citizen involvement and local decarbonization projects that ensure grid security and customer protection.

Further Talks of this session:

Speaker

Walter Kreisel
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Founder
neoom
Austria

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Speaker

José Queirós de Almeida
CEO
Greenvolt Communities

Daniel Maré Dias
Sales Manager
Siemens SA
Portugal

To Talk

Speaker

Margarida Correia Pires
Head of Business Development
EDP Comercial
Portugal

To Talk

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