Energy Communities are playing an ever greater role in the European renewable energy
transition. As an instrument for citizen-led transformation, they are associated not only with …

As a response to societal polarisation and mobilisation against the clean energy transition
and renewable energy projects, policy makers at EU level have put focus on renewable …

Social innovation is gaining attention as a pivotal dimension of socio-technical transitions
with renewable energy prosumerism as a prominent example. However, this example also …

Statistical accounting of the impacts of citizen-led energy initiatives is absent, despite their
impact on increased energy self-sufficiency and ramping up of renewable energies, local …

The energy transformation provides an opportunity to take action on climate change and
facilitate broader social transformation by enabling energy users to participate more …

Background Energy communities provide access to energy services, such as affordable
clean energy and energy-efficiency measures. Some of these services are of particular …

Youth are increasingly recognized in global arenas as critical actors for achieving
sustainable development goals, including just energy transitions. Many scholars similarly …

Local generation of renewable energy in energy communities has long been around, but
has recently experienced an upswing. This upswing is partly due to the EU Clean Energy …

Renewable energy cooperatives are crucial for local communities to initiate energy
transition. With a mixed-methodological approach, this paper analyses the participation of …

Community energy is seen as a helping hand for local, decentralized energy transition.
Besides the main goal of supporting the community-friendly and socially acceptable …