The StartSun (Start-ups for Solar Energy Communities) project has published a Sustainability Plan for Energy Community in Terraced Housing Company. This document complements the previously released Start-up Package (in Finnish) and offers perspectives on the long-term development of energy communities. While the Start-up Packge focused on supporting the establishment and planning of energy [...]
What makes an energy community financially sustainable? The answer is not only in numbers. At a StartSun conference panel discussion, Inka Leppänen from Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Johanna Liljenfeldt from Uppsala University, and Nele Ivask and Marten Saareoks from Tartu Regional Energy Agency discussed how communities can make sound investment decisions while [...]
What makes people decide to produce and share energy together? Technology and financial savings matter, but they are only part of the answer. Building an energy community also requires trust, time, and a reason for people to act together. These questions were at the center of the StartSun final conference’s panel discussion “Challenges [...]
