The EC4RURAL project has launched its online training platform with a free course designed to bring the energy community model to all interested citizens, technical staff of municipalities, Rural Development Groups (GDR), companies and social actors in rural Galicia.
The training is structured in six progressive modules, designed to offer a comprehensive vision of the process of creating, managing and implementing a renewable energy community, especially in the rural Galician context.
Each module combines theoretical content, practical activities, real cases and spaces for collective reflection, allowing participants to apply the knowledge acquired to their local context.
🟢 Module 1. Awareness of energy citizenship
Discover the potential of citizens to lead the change towards a sustainable energy model:
→ Who we are: Introduction to energy communities and their objectives.
→ Energy citizenship: Understand the transformative role of citizens in the energy transition.
→ How to become a prosumer: Learn how to produce and consume your own renewable energy.
→ Good practices of energy citizenship: Real and inspiring cases that show that change is possible.
🟡 Module 2. Energy communities: initial diagnosis
The first steps to building your energy community:
→ Introduction and starting point: Learn to identify the energy potential of your environment.
→ Designing the diagnosis of your energy community: Create an initial analysis to establish objectives and priorities.
🔵 Module 3. Collective action with municipalities and GDRs: mobilization and networking
Local collaboration as a driver of energy change:
→ Introduction, context and justification of local collective action: The reason for joining efforts for the transition.
→ Legal framework for collective action and the creation of Renewable Energy Communities: Navigate the legal environment with ease.
→ Municipalities as actors in the energy transition: Learn about the opportunities offered by local governments.
→ Rural development groups as actors in the energy transition: Potential of rural actors in the energy ecosystem.
→ Galician ecosystem: Review of resources and projects in our community.
🔴 Module 4. The energy chain in the energy transition
Understand the structure of the energy system and its change:
→Energy transition and electrical models: Evolution towards more sustainable and democratic systems.
→ A new actor: energy communities: The fundamental role of these initiatives in the future energy model.
🟣 Module 5. Business models for rural energy communities
Design a sustainable and effective financial strategy:
→ Business model for rural energy communities: Basis for a viable economic project.
→ Business model: development and evaluation: Learn how to develop and analyze your business proposal.
🟤 Module 6. Implementation and operation of rural energy communities
Put your knowledge into practice:
→ Processing and legalization procedures for a photovoltaic installation in Spain: Guide to legalizing your project.
→ Execution of collective self-consumption installations: Technical steps to make a photovoltaic installation a reality.
Methodology: active, flexible and practice-focused learning
The EC4RURAL training methodology is designed to adapt to the different profiles of the participants, offering accessible, practical and applicable content.
📚 Content structured by thematic blocks
📝 Assessment and self-learning activities
🎮 Fun games and participatory dynamics
💬 Forum for participation and collective learning
📅 Time flexibility and autonomy
📜 Accrediting diploma
🕒 Duration: The training lasts twelve weeks, with an estimated minimum workload of 72 hours
(24 hours of guided work in the virtual classroom and 48 hours of autonomous learning).
📝Registrations 👉 Registration form
