Motivations for Integrating a Renewable Energy Community: Evidence for Spain and Portugal

We analyse community energy in Portugal and Spain. These communities are an alternative route to the dominance of the large energy companies on European market. This analysis is important because the literature emphasizes the weaknesses that the CE have in southern Europe countries comparing to northern Europe ones, as there are no explanations for the delay in development in these countries. Using a survey, we explain the motivations that support the participation of its members in the CE. This paper analyses knowledge of stakeholders and it influence on the participation motives to better understand CE in Spain and Portugal.