Social arrangements, technical designs and impacts of energy communities: A review

VZ Gjorgievski, S Cundeva, GE Georghiou - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the potential for deploying distributed generation, improving energy efficiency and
adopting sustainable energy-related practices, consumers provide significant value in the …

Critical review on community-shared solar—advantages, challenges, and future directions

N Narjabadifam, J Fouladvand, M Gül - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, many innovative solutions have been presented to address the climate
change crisis. One of the innovative solutions is the participation of community members in …

Energy community business models and their impact on the energy transition: Lessons learnt from France

AL Vernay, C Sebi, F Arroyo - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The need to accelerate the decarbonisation of the energy system has led to renewed
interest in energy communities. Such communities are now identified by institutions as new …

[HTML][HTML] Renewable energy communities: Do they have a business case in Flanders?

A Felice, L Rakocevic, L Peeters, M Messagie… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy communities (RECs) are prominent initiatives to provide end consumers
an active role in the energy sector, raise awareness on the importance of renewable energy …

Optimal sizing of energy communities with fair revenue sharing and exit clauses: Value, role and business model of aggregators and users

D Fioriti, A Frangioni, D Poli - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy communities (ECs) are essential tools to meet the Energy Transition goals but, to
fully unleash their potential, they require a coordinated operation and design that the …

Enabling coordination in energy communities: A Digital Twin model

A Bâra, SV Oprea - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Starting from the EU vision for Energy Communities (EC), our purpose is to support them by
proposing a Digital Twin (DT) that includes a bi-level optimization model to deliver …

[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 …

Edge and fog computing using IoT for direct load optimization and control with flexibility services for citizen energy communities

SV Oprea, A Bâra - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
The grid congestion and imbalance problems are nowadays approached through a new
perspective of the energy flexibility services that are usually acquired through a bidding …

Access economy for storage in energy communities

N Vespermann, T Hamacher… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We address the market design issue for a local energy community, comprising prosumers,
consumers, photovoltaic, and energy storage systems, all connected as a community to a …

Optimal system design for energy communities in multi-family buildings: the case of the German Tenant Electricity Law

F Braeuer, M Kleinebrahm, E Naber, F Scheller… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Involving residential actors in the energy transition is crucial for its success. Local energy
generation, consumption and trading are identified as desirable forms of involvement …