Developing citizen photovoltaic projects

Centrales Villageoises

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The project

ClimateSensibilization

The Association des Centrales Villageoises supports volunteers involved in a local community energy project to develop renewable energies and raise awareness of energy saving.

7250

shareholders

that finance local renewable energy projects

territories

committed to the Centrales Villageoises approach

500

photovoltaic systems

generating more than 10MWp, equivalent to the consumption of 3,500 households.

Solution

L'Association des Centrales Villageoises enables volunteers involved in a local Centrales Villageoises project to increase their skills and develop photovoltaic projects themselves.

The association acts on several levers:
- development of a "step-by-step" project method with the provision of a constantly evolving "toolbox";
- support by association employees;
- organization of technical training courses;
- organization of exchange times within the network promoting mutual help and experience sharing;
- etc.

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12/11/2024

Village power plants at the United Nations (UN)!

Dear difters,

On December 2, the day after COP29, the Association des Centrales Villageoises had the honor of speaking on the stage of the United Nations in Geneva.

A powerful moment to highlight the engagement of citizens through the Centrales Villageoises, who are working to catalyze climate action and move away from "business as usual".

This event aimed to show how citizens can be at the heart of climate action, and drive systemic change, whether through protest, political engagement or concrete actions, such as Centrales Villageoises, where citizens get directly involved by getting their hands dirty.

Find our intervention HERE from 1:15 (in English).

This intervention is part of a wider advocacy aimed at influencing climate policies to be as ambitious as possible in preparation for the submission of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 30).

We are convinced that concrete actions, carried out at the local level, can catalyze global change for a more sustainable future.

A big thank you to you, dear difters, for your invaluable support and donations ✨

9/6/2024

The Centrales Villageoises du Trièves launch an experiment to combat fuel poverty

It's possible to share free energy with low-income households!

The Centrales Villageoises du Trièves are taking another step forward in their fight against fuel poverty. After equipping precarious households with second-hand photovoltaic panels free of charge last January, the collective is launching a new experiment. The aim? To offer low-income households green, local and free energy.

An innovative experiment: Solidarity Collective Self-Consumption

The collective, which brings together citizens, local authorities and businesses to carry out actions in favor of the energy transition, has taken a new step in its fight against fuel poverty. The local company is embarking on an innovative experiment: Autoconsommation Collective Solidaire (ACS).

This involves sharing the green electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels of private individuals who have no surplus valuation with precarious households, locally and free of charge.

In practical terms, when the electricity generated by photovoltaic panels exceeds consumption, the surplus energy is usually sold to the grid. Here, the idea is to distribute this surplus directly to neighboring families in fuel poverty through local solidarity loops.

3, 2, 1, go!

The experiment will start in early summer with some 15 volunteer producers, for a total production of 30kWp. The surplus energy will benefit twenty families identified by the local social services and social economy companies. The aim is to reduce their electricity bills by €250 a year.

The money will be used for

The actions aim to help upgrade the skills of the volunteers involved in the Centrales Villageoises:

financing time to support the collectives;
financing the development and consolidation of technical resources (guides, standard documents, partnerships...);
financing technical training.

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Why we love it?

For almost 10 years, this association has been taking concrete action to decarbonize energy by using citizen involvement to promote and develop solar energy.