In cooperation with the City of Rijeka, the Association Bez Granica will hold a lecture:
What benefits do entrepreneurs gain by joining up in energy communities?
The lecture covered the following topics:
1 LIFE Project DISCOVER – status, methodology and tools available
2 What are energy communities and why are they important to entrepreneurs?
3 Legislation – state of play, how can energy communities be mobilised, what changes will happen at the beginning of 2026 and what are the reprecussions?
4 Technology – why is data collection important and what requirements does it impose on potential members of the community?
5 Finance – how energy communities work operationally, what are the benefits for citizens, businesses and public administrations if connected to the EC.
6 Example the North Adriatic Energy Community – experiences and first results.
The lecturers are members of the LIFE DISCOVER project team. Davorka Medved presented the project, objectives and expected outcomes. The previous work on the project was summarized and it was stated which activities will be implemented in 2025 and 2026. Damir Medved spoke about the topic of energy communities from a technical point of view. He presented to entrepreneurs existing examples of good practice both in EU countries and in Croatia. Damir Juričić spoke about the financial effects of association in energy communities and presented the financial benefits for entrepreneurs and citizens.