On the 16th and 17th November in Madrid, at the South Campus of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, we held the kick-off meeting of the JALON Project, whose objective is the constitution of a Renewable Energy Community (REC) with a very considerable impact on the energy transition of a large area, and which mitigates adverse demographic effects in 87 villages.

We have been preparing this project, which is led by the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and participated by the Devanadera Association, the Region of the Community of Calatayud, the University of Evora, the Community Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central, the Accademia Europea di Bolzano, the University of Zaragoza and our firm. Our role is to provide legal support to the modelling and implementation of the CER, and to formulate regulatory recommendations at national and European level on the CER, and also of the Citizen Energy Communities.

By mid-summer this year we were beginning to have good visibility on the acceptance of our proposal by the European Commission, within the LIFEprogramme. Finally, in the last few months the negotiation of the Grant Agreement was finished, and now we are in full execution of the work. The JALON project has achieved the highest score of approved projects in this call.

At the same time, regarding the generation facilities that will have this Renewable Energy Community, the project was awarded the >1M€ subsidy of the incentive program to unique pilot projects of energy communities, managed by the IDAE

We will inform you about the progress of the project, and we can advance you that Luis Narvarte, Professor of the UPM and Piet Holtrop will participate in the discussion table on Renewable Energy Communities on December 1st at the VI National Renewable Energy Congress of APPA, where we will also be accompanied by Sara de la Serna, from IDAE, and Francisco Heredia from Fronius.

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During the last few months I didn’t publish any articles, and a lot happened. Partly for this reason I have been very entertained with attending to our customers to mitigate the effects of the consequences of it, as I guess all of you too. Now I dared to write a new one, following the thread of the previous “Who controls who”, which spoke of Putin still pre-war. This article analyses the war in Ukraine from the perspective of the energy transition.

On Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 December 2021, the Fifth National Renewable Energy Congress of APPA will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Madrid. This year we will participate in the first day of the debate the debate son bureaucratic congestion, and social response, with Victor Marcos Morell, Renewable Energy Director of IDAE, Mercedes Casado of Amezua Ayala, Senior Regulatory Manager Iberia at RWE Renovables, Patxi Calleja Mediano, Director of Regulation Iberdrola Spain, and Jorge Gonzalez Cortés, President at Contigo Energía, and also President of the Photovoltaic section of APPA. Piet Holtrop will moderate this discussion table, on a very hot topic, we hope to see you there!

In a few weeks GENERA will be held, a good opportunity to see us again, and update us with the latest in renewable technology, and on the evolution of the energy transition. I will participate in the APPA Day on 17 November, from 12:30 to 14:00: The future of renewable projects. I hope to see you there!