The ACCE project focuses on creating simple and effective financial tools for energy communities
Across Europe, more than 1.5 million citizens are actively involved in the energy transition. A common challenge many face is limited access to capital.
That’s where Project ACCE hopes to provide a solution: in devising financing solutions crafted to align with the specific requirements of community energy projects.
Our approach builds on the proven success of existing Community Energy Financing Schemes (CEFS), which have already been instrumental in bolstering energy communities throughout Europe.
Energy communities are key drivers of sustainable development, delivering meaningful environmental, economic, and social benefits at the local level:
Whether you're part of a community energy project, a public or private
financing institution, or simply seeking to deepen your understanding,
our resource library offers a wealth of carefully curated tools and
materials.
This guide aims at facilitating the set-up of a CEFS. For doing so, it identifies the main barriers, and their resulting bottlenecks to set up a CEFS, and highlights solutions to overcome those barriers and transform obstacles into opportunities.
In this guide, we identify the main types of CEFSs that energy communities could use. We also describe the key characteristics and and success factors of each of these CEFS.
The ACCE project has received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union.
Disclaimer: The ACCE website reflects the views of the project partnership and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
