CANCOM's Energy Community Platformenables the smooth operation of your energy community. The platform is already being used successfully by over100 energy communitiesin Austria. Users benefit from a comprehensive digital solution and comprehensive support for their energy community.
What is an energy community?
Energy communities are an innovative concept that makes a significant contribution to the energy transition and shapes a sustainable future. They offer private individuals, companies and local authorities the opportunity to generate, use and share renewable energy together - as part of a modern energy community or energy family.
Energy communities focus on the use of renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind power or biomass. The aim is to promote local energy production and consumption, use energy data intelligently and make an active contribution to climate protection. Supported by digital SaaS solutions, energy production and consumption can be efficiently managed, billed and presented transparently.
A distinction is made between two types of energy communities: renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities. Both models promote sustainable communities and create the basis for a regional, cooperative and sustainable energy organization.
What is a renewable energy community?
Citizen energy communities are not subject to any geographical restrictions and are therefore open to any metering point in Austria. As the entire public electricity grid can be used, there is no reduction in grid charges for members. Unlike renewable energy communities, citizen energy communities are not limited in terms of the energy sources used.
Larger companies can also participate and benefit, among other things, from using electricity from their own photovoltaic systems across multiple locations - efficiently and sustainably.
With the Energy Community Platform, all forms of energy communities can be intuitively organized, managed and operated - from data collection and billing to the intelligent control of energy flows.
What is a citizen energy community?
Citizen energy communities are not subject to any geographical restrictions and are therefore accessible to any metering point in Austria. As this allows full use of the electricity grid, there is no reduction in grid fees for members. In contrast to renewable energy communities, there are no restrictions on the energy sources used in community energy communities. Larger companies can also participate. These benefit, for example, from the possibility of using electricity from company-owned photovoltaic systems across multiple locations.
With the Energy Community Platform, any form of energy community can be operated and managed!
