ROLECS

Following up EU policy on energy, ROLECS, is a research project that intends to gain a deeper understanding of the development and role of Local Energy Communities (LECS) in Belgium & in Europe. Funded by Flemish institutions VLAIO & INNOVIRIS, it is comprised of 27 member organizations, 23 companies and 4 knowledge institutions, leading research across different topics regarding LECs. The project aims at providing answers to questions relative to, amongst others, triggering end-consumers participation to LECs, integrating technical energy models to social behaviors, defining the impact of large scale roll-out of LECs regarding the decarbonisation of the energy system, etc... Our prime target is to optimise the local energy flows to reduce the current grid costs, and to realise the electrification of the energy use while respecting the constraints of the existing distribution grid.