What are Energy Communities?
Energy Communities (EnComs) are civil cooperatives that are active in the energy sector, with a particular interest in Renewable Energy Sources (RES). Citizens can use this tool to produce clean energy collectively, promote energy democracy and have an active role in the energy transition.
Energy Community Projects
To date, Energy Community projects are:
(a) commercial RES projects, which distribute profits to their members through their participation in the electricity market; (b) self-production projects aimed at meeting the electricity needs of their members.
In April 2025, 1,703 energy communities of all legal forms (1,488 Energy Communities under Law no. 4513/2018, 140 as Limited Liability Cooperatives, 6 as Cooperatives, 2 as Civil Law Partnerships under CC article 784, and one as a “Company of Other Obligors”) were operating in Greece, 20 less compared to the last survey (September 2024).
The Region of Central Macedonia leads in the number of active energy communities (380), followed by Western Macedonia (294), Western Greece (182) and Attica (169).
The Region of Central Macedonia also leads in terms of the electrified capacity of energy community projects (353.7 MW). Thessaly is in second place (270 MW), Eastern Macedonia & Thrace in third (208.4 MW) and Central Greece in fourth (141.5 MW).
Energy Community Projects
- Of the 1,397.5 MW of community energy projects electrified by March 2025, 95.6% (1,335.7 MW) are commercial projects and only 4.4% (61.8 MW) are self-generation projects.
In the period January 2024-March 2025, only 60 new applications for energy community projects were submitted.
46.7% of the requested capacity of energy community projects has been cancelled (2,300 MW), far exceeding the electrified capacity (1397.5 MW).
1,541 projects with a capacity of 1222.5 MW are still pending. 360 of these with a capacity of 288.4 MW have a better chance of getting connected as they have already signed a connection contract.