Over the past few years, energy communities initiatives have gained traction in Europe as a
means to achieve energy transition goals, allowing citizen involvement in energy production …

The 15-minute-city concept represents an increasingly popular urban policymaking and
planning paradigm that seeks to shift attention to the neighborhood as a “place” rather …

The Renewable Energy Directive and the Electricity Market Directive, both parts of the Clean
Energy for all Europeans Package (issued in 2019), provide supranational rules for …

Renewable energy cooperatives (RECs) play a pivotal role in advancing a new energy
paradigm that prioritizes equity and inclusivity. However, there is often ambiguity regarding …

A rapid decarbonization of the energy sector is key for mitigating climate change and in this
transformation a transition to renewable heating is essential. To date, most attention in both …

The European Union faces a complex economic conjunction where different factors affect
and reduce the number of feasible and sustainable projects according to the legislation and …

Energy communities (ECs) are considered significant instruments in the energy transition
toward a low-carbon world. Important elements for the creation of ECs are the individual …

Community energy can be conceptualized as a social movement, which aims to develop a
sustainable, democratic, and localist energy system. Community energy organizations often …

Germany's Energiewende aims to have 80 percent of the nation's electricity generated from
renewables by 2030. One promising approach to building acceptance lies in the …

In the context of Europe's efforts towards decarbonization, this paper introduces a novel
framework for Renewable Energy Communities (RECs), validated with multiple case studies …