Four decisions that make the difference between standing still and starting your own energy community. If you see yourself in them, fill in the form below and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.
Inspired by the Sapiens Energía model (Spain), adapted to Romanian reality. Four convictions that, if you share them, make you a natural partner of STUP.
The energy produced in your community serves your community. It doesn't travel 500 km, it isn't lost on the way, it doesn't end up in the pocket of a shareholder in another country.
The money you save, or earn from selling the surplus, stays there - as an expansion, as a maintenance fund, as the next project.
Existing European cases show bill reductions of between 20% and 60%, depending on installed capacity, storage and consumption profile. For municipalities with large public roofs and steady consumption, the top end is within reach.
With EU funding from the Programul Tranziție Justă (PTJ, Romania's Just Transition Programme, funded by the EU Just Transition Fund) in the eligible regions, up to ~98% of the investment is covered by public money. You pay the remaining 2% or, in many cases, nothing.
An average community (200 kWp of solar panels) avoids about 150 tonnes of CO₂ a year - the equivalent of taking 65 cars off the road. No fossil fuel burned, no coal, no gas.
This is not green marketing. It is a mathematical consequence of the fact that the sun shines for free and powers the panels without emissions.
On your own, your bill goes down when you put a panel on your house. That's being a prosumer - good, but limited. In a community, the bill goes down for 50, 100, 500 people at once - because you share a bigger, more efficient installation.
And something else matters: when you bring together 5 neighbours and a town hall, you become an institutional player - on the radar of EU funds, of ANRE (Romania's energy regulator), of suppliers. On your own you are a customer. Together, you are a community.
You won't get a robot, you won't get a newsletter, you won't be put into a funnel. Eduard or someone from the STUP team will contact you personally.
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