Building Energy Communities
↓ Read our success storyEdinor has developed a business model for establishing Local Energy Communities and has approached LIN3S to build a digital ecosystem that makes it possible, centered around the needs of energy users and simultaneously positions their local energy community model as a reference.
↗ Visit WebsiteEnergy communities are associations of citizens, small businesses, and local entities around a renewable generation source. They can generate and consume their own energy, leading to economic, environmental, and social benefits. Edinor has developed a model under the name CEL (Local Energy Community) and TEK (Tokiko Energia Komunitateak), combining a series of attributes that, built on sustainability, efficiency, and transparency, set them apart.
Our proposal to enable the establishment of CEL-TEK is based on creating a digital ecosystem that:
- Supports communication, provides context, details the benefits of joining a local energy community, and explains how to become a part of it.
- Serves as the primary source for lead generation.
- Allows for registration through online forms tailored to the specific needs of each energy community, personalizing a dedicated space for each of them.
As the business grows and expands with the opening of new CEL-TEK communities, both at the municipal and regional levels, the need to work on the scalability of the model is identified.
Through data collection, the analysis of other models, and the organization of a series of workshops involving various team members from LIN3S and Edinor, a two-year roadmap is designed, structured in phases tailored to Edinor’s specific needs.
Thanks to consulting reflection and joint development work, we achieved:
- Maintenance and New Models: Adapting the technological structure to the volume of requests and to the best user experience, providing flexibility to accommodate different models.
- Community Generation and Exploitation: Consolidating acquisition for B2C and B2B and subsequently fostering loyalty. Being able to monitor and attend to each of the Energy Communities individually.