Whilst there are clear advantages to decentralized energy systems, one main disadvantage
is their lack of economic scale effects. The development of decentralized energy systems …

In the context of climate change mitigation and increasing decentralized generation of
energy from renewable sources, public acceptance of renewable energy (RE) has become …

The introduction of renewable energy sources fosters the transformation to an energy
system with distributed generation. This alters the relation between consumers and power …

One solution to the large-scale integration of renewable energies could be decentralised
autonomous municipal energy systems. Several studies have already analysed the …

Practice and theory have proven the relevance of energy co-operatives for civic participation
in the energy turnaround. However, due to a still low awareness and changing regulation …

A growing number of German municipalities are striving for energy autonomy. Geothermal
plants are increasingly constructed in municipalities in order to exploit the high hydrothermal …

In order to respond to environmental requirements, a growing number of manufacturing
companies operate on-site renewable energy generation as part of their own energy supply …

In this work a newly developed techno-economic optimization model of a household system
with electric vehicle (EV) is used to endogenously dimension both the PV system and the …

Increasing energy autonomy is one of the main reasons for municipalities to invest in
renewable energy technologies. In this study, the potential of weather-robust autonomous …

The concept of an autarky has a long history and meaning related to its negation and
unpopularity. In liberal schools of economics, autarky is usually considered from the …