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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Trends and Observations in European Renewable Energy Communities -- 1.2 Four Observations -- 1.3 Towards Community Energy Projects as Common EU Practice -- 1.4 Renewable Energy Community Initiatives in the Light of the Revised Renewables Directive -- 1.5 Contour of the Volume -- References -- 2: "What Are Energy Communities Under the EU's Clean Energy Package?" -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Why Include Energy Communities in the CEP? -- 2.3 What Are Energy Communities Under the Clean Energy Package? -- 2.4 Principles -- 2.4.1 Legal Form -- 2.4.2 The Primary Purpose of an Energy Community -- 2.4.3 Open and Voluntary Participation -- 2.4.4 Eligibility to Be Member or Stakeholder in an Energy Community -- 2.4.5 Effective Control -- 2.4.6 Autonomy to Ensure Democratic Governance -- 2.5 What Can Energy Communities Do? -- 2.6 Emerging Challenges with the Transposition and Implementation of EU Energy Community Definitions at National Level -- 2.6.1 Delayed and or Incomplete Transposition -- 2.6.2 Lack of Awareness of the Role Energy Communities Can Play in the Energy Transition -- 2.6.3 Principles Getting Lost in Translation -- 2.6.4 Ensuring Coherence between RECs and CECs -- 2.6.5 Accommodation of Existing and New Legal Forms of Organising Energy Communities -- 2.6.6 Balancing Inclusion Against the Potential for Competitive Abuse -- 2.6.7 Accompanying Definitions with Adequate Rights and an Enabling Framework -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Community Energy in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region: From Standstill to First Steps -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Overview of Community Energy Success Factors -- 3.2.1 Contextual Factors -- 3.2.2 Policy -- 3.2.3 Project-Specific Factors
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3.2.4 Attributes and Roles of Involved Actors -- 3.3 Research Material -- 3.4 Contextual Conditions for Community Energy in the West and East Sides of the Baltic Sea Region -- 3.5 Country Reviews -- 3.5.1 Lithuania and Estonia: Modest Progress in the Right Direction -- 3.5.2 Poland and Latvia: Still Lagging Behind -- 3.6 Drivers, Barriers, and Benefits of Community Energy Projects -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- 4: Clean Energy Transition in Southeast Europe: The Paradigm of Greece from a Fossil Fuel Mediator to a Community Energy Hub -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Emergence of Community Energy in Greece -- 4.3 Greek Community Energy as a Socio-Technical Niche: A Strategic Niche Management Approach -- 4.4 Case Studies -- 4.5 The Development of Internal Niche Processes Through the Lens of Greek REScoops -- 4.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 5: The Community Energy Sector in Italy: Historical Perspective and Recent Evolution -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Brief Historical Introduction -- 5.3 New Wave of Community Energy in Italy: the 2008-2013 Period -- 5.3.1 Dynamics of Creation and Organizational Structures -- 5.3.2 Type of Activity and Timing -- 5.3.3 Economic and Social Impacts of CE Initiatives -- 5.4 Evolution of the Sector in a Context of Low Policy Support: È Nostra, WeForGreen and Energia Positiva -- 5.5 Current Situation and Possible Ways Forward for Community Energy in Italy -- 5.5.1 Legal/Normative Open Issues and Expected Evolution -- 5.5.2 Several Technical Aspects Can Influence the Actual Possibility of Creating Energy Communities -- 5.6 Market Potential for RECs in Italy -- 5.7 Conclusions -- References -- 6: Community Energy in Germany: From Technology Pioneers to Professionalisation under Uncertainty -- 6.1 Introduction
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6.2 Country Background: Brief Characterisation of Energy Markets and the Community Energy Sector in Germany -- 6.3 The Historical Development of Energy Communities and Their Role in the German Energy Market -- 6.3.1 Fast Forward Through the Historical Development and Preliminary Remarks on Periodisation -- 6.3.2 Early Cooperative Experiences in the Electricity Sector -- 6.3.3 Early Community Renewable Energy -- 6.3.4 From Pioneers to "Mainstreaming" -- 6.3.5 More Recent Developments (1): Competitive Environment and Stagnation -- 6.3.6 More Recent Developments (2): Focus on 'diversity of actors' and State-Level Activities -- 6.4 Future Prospects -- References -- 7: Support Structures for Renewable Energy Communities -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Development of Dutch Renewable Energy Communities -- 7.3 Factors Related to the Survival of RECs in the Energy Transition -- 7.4 Intermediaries as the Solution for the Problems of RECs -- 7.5 Strategies that Intermediaries Use -- 7.6 Roles and Activities of Intermediaries -- 7.6.1 Building Capacity and Embedding RECs -- 7.6.2 Removing Barriers -- 7.7 Opening Up Institutional Arrangements for the Uptake, Acceptance or Breakthrough of RECs -- 7.8 Intermediaries Within Existing and New Policy Arrangements -- References -- 8: Energy Communities Promoting Home Energy Savings: Interventions, Theory and Results -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Theory: Energy Communities and Interventions to Promote Home Energy Savings -- 8.2.1 Part 1: Theory on Home Energy Savings -- 8.2.2 Part 2: Interventions Targeting Home Energy-Saving Behaviours -- 8.2.3 Part 3: Energy Community Actions Targeting Home Energy Savings -- 8.3 Research Approach and Methodology -- 8.4 Results -- 8.5 Overview of Interventions -- 8.5.1 Use of Energy-Saving Measures by Energy Community Members -- 8.5.2 Behavioral Analysis
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8.5.3 Effects of Dedicated Energy Saving Measures Implemented by Energy Communities -- 8.5.4 Support Structures and Energy Communities Cooperating with Government -- 8.5.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9: Creating an Enabling Policy Framework for Inclusive Energy Communities: A Gender Perspective -- 9.1 Introducing the Gender-Energy Nexus in Just Energy Transitions -- 9.2 Inequalities and Injustices Limiting a Just Energy Transition -- 9.3 NECPs: Recognising Energy Rights -- 9.4 Discussion -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- 10: Housing Communities as Low-Carbon Energy Pioneers -- Experiences from The Netherlands -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Energy and Co-Housing Research -- 10.3 Co-Housing in the Netherlands -- 10.4 Co-Housing and Energy -- 10.5 Engineering and the Use of Renewable Energies in Co-Housing -- 10.6 The Potential of Co-Housing as Energy Communities -- 10.7 Why Is It Important to Include Co-housing as Energy-Communities? -- 10.8 Conclusions: A Wider Concept of Energy-Communities in Co-Housing -- References -- 11: Conclusion -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Instrumental Functions of Community Energy -- 11.3 Different Starting Positions of EU Member States -- 11.4 Broadening of Goals and Activities of Renewable Energy Communities -- 11.5 New Insights Observed in Late-Starting Countries -- 11.6 Discussion -- 11.7 Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Index
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Coenen, Frans H. J M. Renewable Energy Communities and the Low Carbon Energy Transition in Europe Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 ISBN 9783030844394
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Geography
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