Farm to table, the energy way

The emergence of the prosumer has been a feature of the rise of rooftop solar. But it can go far beyond the individual household or business, argues Frédéric Gastaldo, CEO of Tiko Energy Solutions. Gastaldo says that by connecting PV and other renewable arrays, true energy communities can emerge – accelerating clean energy uptake.

Issue 07-2020

About 1 MW of solar capacity is spread across 12,000 square meters of rooftop space in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. “One of the biggest ripple effects from a shift to an energy community model,” argues Frédéric Gastaldo, “would be the transformative effect it would have on the rooftop solar industry.”

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