{"id":12410,"date":"2025-11-07T12:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/?post_type=tu-news&#038;p=12410"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:54:44","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%9e-the-energy-of-a-neighborhood-that-shines-on-its-own","status":"publish","type":"tu-news","link":"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/da\/tu-news\/%f0%9f%8c%9e-the-energy-of-a-neighborhood-that-shines-on-its-own\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf1e The Energy of a Neighborhood That Shines on Its Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12410\" class=\"elementor elementor-12410\" data-elementor-post-type=\"tu-news\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e45f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95e45f7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d069f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d069f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Palomeras celebrates its solar revolution with a community farewell event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/1f3a5.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfa5\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IcLd0bPsXAk\">Watch the school story on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Madrid neighborhood of&nbsp;<strong>Palomeras<\/strong>&nbsp;recently held a very special celebration \u2014 the&nbsp;<strong>Farewell Party of the AURORA Project<\/strong>, under the slogan&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe Energy of a Neighborhood That Shines on Its Own.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;On the 22nd of October and for one hour, residents, students, teachers, technicians, and partner organizations came together to share the story of a collective achievement: the creation of a&nbsp;<strong>citizen-powered energy community<\/strong>&nbsp;born at&nbsp;<strong>Palomeras School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12411 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/palomeras-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/palomeras-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/palomeras-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.aurora-h2020.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/palomeras.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event opened with a warm welcome from the school, recalling how, just a few years ago, the idea of producing its own clean energy seemed like a distant dream. Today, thanks to a strong community effort,&nbsp;<strong>Palomeras generates its own renewable electricity<\/strong>&nbsp;through solar panels and an aerothermal system that are already reducing emissions and energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Technical University of Madrid<\/strong>&nbsp;presented the session&nbsp;<em>\u201cFrom Idea to Impulse,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;tracing the origins of the AURORA project and the role of citizen engagement in driving energy innovation. Then,&nbsp;<strong>Palomeras School<\/strong>&nbsp;shared how the educational community turned a need into an opportunity, involving students and families in creative activities that linked energy, learning, and neighborhood cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The social enterprise&nbsp;<strong>Ecooo<\/strong>&nbsp;delivered one of the most inspiring moments with&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe Power of People,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;explaining how&nbsp;<strong>more than a hundred citizens financed the project through participatory loans<\/strong>, showing that community trust and social economy can make real change possible.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Palomeras Cultural Center<\/strong>&nbsp;team followed with the technical highlights: solar production data, energy savings, and environmental benefits. The celebration closed with a heartfelt&nbsp;<strong>\u201cSolar Toast\u201d<\/strong>, featuring a personal testimony from one of the citizen investors \u2014 a symbol of confidence, collaboration, and shared future.<\/p>\n<p>With music, applause, and community spirit, the event marked the end of a chapter and the beginning of a brighter one:&nbsp;<strong>a neighborhood that truly shines with its own energy.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palomeras celebrates its solar revolution with a community farewell event &nbsp;Watch the school story on YouTube The Madrid neighborhood of&nbsp;Palomeras&nbsp;recently held a very special celebration \u2014 the&nbsp;Farewell Party of the AURORA Project, under the slogan&nbsp;\u201cThe Energy of a Neighborhood That Shines on Its Own.\u201d&nbsp;On the 22nd of October and for one hour, residents, students, teachers, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12411,"template":"","categories":[1,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12410","tu-news","type-tu-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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