l·llumina – First Business Energy Community in the Bufalvent Industrial Park, Manresa
Feasibility plan for the first energy community in an industrial park (Bufalvent Industrial Park, Manresa), with technical assistance in the design, business model, and facilitation for its implementation. As a result, the first energy community in an industrial park is implemented.
Location
Manresa (Bufalvent Industrial Park)
Year of Start
2023
Promoter
Manresa City Council / Manresa in Symbiosis
Participants
Companies of the Bufalvent Industrial Park; Manresa Il·lumina Cooperative; SÍMBIOSY
Objective
Manresa Il·lumina is a service cooperative formed by companies in the Bufalvent Industrial Park, in Manresa, created to share energy through a common photovoltaic installation. It is configured as a business energy community that allows member companies to improve their energy, ecological, and economic management.
The project focuses on the feasibility plan for the first energy community in an industrial park in Manresa, including the technical design of the shared photovoltaic solution, the definition of the business model, and support in the governance and organization of the cooperative.
SÍMBIOSY provides technical assistance in the design, the business model, and the facilitation necessary to launch the community, ensuring that the project is robust from a technical, economic, and organizational point of view. Manresa Il·lumina is part of the “Manresa in Symbiosis” project, where the creation of energy communities is one of the key levers for the local energy transition.
The project is still evolving and is proposed as a platform to incorporate new shared services in the future, such as shared mobility or a heating network, expanding the economic and environmental impact for the companies in the industrial park.
Results obtained
- Feasibility plan developed for the first energy community in the Bufalvent Industrial Park (Manresa).
- Constitution and implementation of Manresa Il·lumina as a business energy community in the industrial park.
- Community initially formed by 15 member companies, which share photovoltaic energy and improve their energy management.
- Definition of the business model, the governance structure, and the agreements between the participating companies.
- Roadmap for the incorporation of new shared services (mobility, heating network, etc.) linked to the energy community.
To highlight
- First business energy community implemented in an industrial park in Manresa.
- Cooperative model that combines shared self-consumption, economic savings, and emission reduction.
- Project arising from the “Manresa in Symbiosis” program, with technical support from SÍMBIOSY.
- Structured base to expand the community towards additional services (mobility, heating, etc.) from the same platform.
- An example of energy transition in an industrial environment, transferable to other industrial parks interested in generating and sharing renewable energy.
