LEDA MARIA BIOGAS COMMUNITY

“LEDA MARIA” BIOGAS COMMUNITY

Description: “LEDA MARIA” is a residential and business settlement located in the suburban area of Thermi just a few miles away from the metropolitan urban area of Thessaloniki. The members of the settlement constitute a local community with an elected Management Board responsible for managing several supporting activities (e.g. maintenance, gardening, waste disposal, etc.). Moreover, they aspire to become a model for collective energy management aiming at controlling their environmental impact and reducing their energy-related costs

Members:

• “LEDA MARIA” Management Board;
• “LEDA MARIA” residents.

Main actions so far:

• Supporting the Community to select a “greener” energy provider taking into account both the pricing policy and the share of RES in the energy mix including of:
  • Collection and processing of energy consumption data to establish Community’s energy profile;
  • Contacting and negotiating with several energy providers to receive comparable bids regarding Community’s energy needs;
  • Analysis and evaluation of the above bids.
  • Presentation of the conclusions to the Management Board of the Community.
• Awareness raising actions regarding the new/ upcoming Greek law about Energy Communities and the requirements to be fulfilled by LEDA MARIA Community to become recognized as an “Energy Community” under this law.

Next steps:

• Supporting the Community until reaching the final agreement with the selected energy provider;
• Exploring the potential of installing a micro-scale biogas unit to manage Community’s organic waste including:
  • Estimation of the energy production of a potential micro-scale biogas unit;
  • Market research of micro-scale biogas units for organic urban waste;
  • Feasibility study of the potential micro-scale biogas Unit;
  • Investigation of collaboration potential with neighboring settlements for urban waste management.
  • Exploring of potential funding sources.