Energy Communities: a challenging role in the journey towards energy self-sufficiency
Energy communities face complex challenges, such as the need to manage energy production, storage and consumption efficiently and to optimise operating costs. This involves not only deploying advanced technologies, but also having the expertise and tools to optimise the energy balance.
Today's biggest challenges for energy communities
- The complexity of managing and controlling energy flows
- Complexity of administrative and legal management
- Legislative and regulatory uncertainties
- Lack of professional staff and know-how
- Community involvement and coordination of members
An analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA) states that the implementation of digitalised energy management systems can lead to a reduction in losses of up to 10-20%, which is crucial for the operation of energy communities.
FLOWBOX EMOS: Intelligent solutions for efficient management and optimization of energy communities
FLOWBOX EMOS is an advanced system for real-time monitoring, optimization and management of energy flows within energy communities based on actual consumption and resource availability, ensuring stable and efficient operation of the energy community.
- Monitoring, optimisation and management of all flows within the energy community
- Setting the optimal strategy for buying and selling electricity on the market
- Integration of RES and efficient use of energy from RES
- Energy storage management
- Real-time monitoring and analysis providing transparency for members and data for decision making
- Outage prediction and crisis management
- Analysis and reporting to assess energy community performance and compliance with legislative requirements
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What FLOWBOX EMOS can bring?
- Cost optimization
- Lower carbon emissions without unnecessary costs
- Data-driven decision making
- Reducing the likelihood of loss-making investments in energy infrastructure
- Community energy management
- Virtual energy expert services
How FLWOBOX EMOS works?
- Analysis of the energy needs and energy balance of the energy community
- Designing tailor-made solutions for any form of energy community
- Integration of selected sites and technologies into FLOWBOX EMOS
- New Data Intelligence module and suggestions for optimization measures
- Active management of energy flows and their real-time optimization according to set algorithms, provision of reports, etc.
Example from our practice: the Energy Community of Jindřichův Hradec
FLWBOX Energy assists the City of Jindřichův Hradec with the entire process of establishing and managing the Energy Community.
"The Energy Community project in Jindřichův Hradec, which is due to be launched in 2026, is aimed at sharing energy production and consumption between municipal facilities such as schools, hospitals and sports venues. Thanks to solar panels and flexible consumption management, it will be possible to use energy more efficiently, for example by redirecting surpluses from unused schools to the hospital or ice rink. The project, supported by new legislation (LEX RES II), is applying for funding from the National Recovery Plan and is a key step towards energy self-sufficiency for the city." Source City of Jindřichův Hradec