But Crevillent's almost 30,000 inhabitants are turning this negative feature into an opportunity to fight the climate crisis As less rain also means more hours of sunshine the town is betting on solar photovoltaic technology to become Spain’s first local energy community A city where residents will consume self-generated electricity from PV panels PV panels installed on rooftops in Crevillent. Credit: Enercoop. Looking for space This will be MERLON’s pilot experience in Spain, but the cooperative’s goal is to extend the coverage so the entire town of Crevillent is independent, energy wise, by 2030. For that to happen, they will need to find space for all those PV panels that will supply the community’s electricity demand. This is one of the main obstacles the village is facing. “In a city that, like much of the Spanish eastern coast, has expanded in height, the availability of rooftop space is limited”, says Joaquin Mas, who is the current director of Enercoop. However, Mas is not too worried about it. The municipality is giving up public facilities’ rooftops —schools, swimming pools, sports clubs, green areas, etc.— to install the community’s solar panels, and they expect private owners to do the same. The city of Crevillent also has an important element in its favor. Practically the entire town gets its energy supply from Enercoop, which, unlike most Spanish energy cooperatives, is not only a seller of electricity but is also a distributor. This is an exception in Spain, where five main companies split the electricity distribution so that each one of them operates in one jurisdiction territory. Consumers will not have to make any investment, as much of the budget is funded by the EU project MERLON and the rest will be assumed by the cooperative. But they will benefit from the lower generation costs. Once the energy community is set up, consumers will see a 15-20% reduction in their annual electricity bill, Joaquín Mas assures.  Most importantly, they will become producers of their own energy, which democratizes electricity consumption, Andreu Escrivà, an environmental scientist and a former member of the regional government’s Climate Change Committee, remarks.  Subscribe to receive monthly updates on climate solutions, environmental heroes, and the profound beauty and wonder of our shared planet Earth. 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