This call for proposals aims to support the creation of local/regional renewable energy communities (RECs) across the EU integrating local Agri-food and Retail SMEs and aims to contribute to reducing and stabilising the energy costs of their SME members. Support will be given by providing advisory and consulting services that facilitate the creation of RECs but may not be available to SMEs in the agri-food and retail sectors. This could be due to insufficient regional consulting / advisory capacity, or because of inaccessible prices for small companies.
To achieve these objectives, the selected consortia shall organise one or more calls for expressions of interest for third party support, offering legal and technical advisory and consulting services to support projects aimed at establishing RECs. Services shall be provided directly by the members of the consortium and/or through a voucher system for more specific local services.
The estimated available call budget is EUR 2 900 000.
Number of projects to be funded: 3
Maximum project duration: 24 months
Opening date: 28 November 2024
Deadline for applications: 20 February 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)