Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

BP Koirala, E Koliou, J Friege, RA Hakvoort… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy systems across the globe are going through a radical transformation as a result of
technological and institutional changes, depletion of fossil fuel resources, and climate …

Energy communities and their ecosystems: A comparison of France and the Netherlands

AL Vernay, C Sebi - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy communities—groups of citizens, social entrepreneurs and public authorities who
jointly invest in producing, selling and managing renewable energy are expected to play a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of energy democracy and energy citizenship for participatory energy transitions: A comprehensive review

M Wahlund, J Palm - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasingly, scholarly debates and policy developments on citizen participation in energy
transitions have included calls for 'energy democracy'and active forms of 'energy citizenship' …

[HTML][HTML] Energy communities as demand-side innovators? Assessing the potential of European cases to reduce demand and foster flexibility

J Barnes, P Hansen, T Kamin, U Golob… - Energy Research & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy communities (ECs) are widely recognised for their potential to generate renewable
energy. By contrast, the capacity of ECs to reduce energy demand and foster flexibility has …

Community energy: Entanglements of community, state, and private sector

E Creamer, W Eadson, B van Veelen… - Geography …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The decarbonisation of energy systems is leading to a reconfiguration of the geographies of
energy. One example is the emergence of community energy, which has become a popular …

Sustaining energetic communities: energy citizenship and participation in an age of upheaval and transition

B Lennon, N Dunphy - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The human use of energy is inherently understood and experienced through socially
constructed frameworks. However, the degree of engagement with this topic on the part of …

Community renewable energy: What does it do? Walker and Devine-Wright (2008) ten years on

E Creamer, GT Aiken, B Van Veelen, G Walker… - Energy Research & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2008, Walker and Devine-Wright published a short article that is now a key way-
marker in the field:'Community renewable energy: what should it mean?'. A decade on, in …

Designing collaborative energy communities: A European overview

SOM Boulanger, M Massari, D Longo, B Turillazzi… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Renewable energy has a crucial role in facing climate change. One promising strategy is the
creation of energy communities that require active involvement from a bottom-up …

Mapping of energy communities in Europe: status quo and review of existing classifications

M Koltunov, S Pezzutto, A Bisello, G Lettner, A Hiesl… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
A lack of aggregate analysis concerning energy communities exists in the academic
literature. The authors utilized a combination of literature reviews and desk research to fill …

The institutional space of community initiatives for renewable energy: a comparative case study of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark

M Oteman, M Wiering, JK Helderman - Energy, sustainability and society, 2014 - Springer
Background Community initiatives for renewable energy are emerging across Europe but
with varying numbers, success rates and strategies. A literature overview identifies …