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The Energy Transition: Democracy, Justice and Good Regulation of the Heat Market

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
This paper discusses whether the concepts of energy democracy, energy justice and the principles of good market regulation could play a role in developing a more consistent approach towards the regulation of the energy sector.
Blanka Vitéz, Saskia Lavrijssen
doaj   +1 more source

Learning from Other Community Renewable Energy Projects: Transnational Transfer of Multi-Functional Energy Gardens from the Netherlands to Germany

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Citizen energy in general and renewable energy communities (RECs) in particular are becoming key vehicles for decentralisation, but also for the democratisation of the energy system.
Maria Rosaria Di Nucci   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Learning‐Assisted Design of Mechanical Metamaterials

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This review examines the role of data‐driven deep learning methodologies in advancing mechanical metamaterial design, focusing on the specific methodologies, applications, challenges, and outlooks of this field. Mechanical metamaterials (MMs), characterized by their extraordinary mechanical behaviors derived from architected microstructures, have ...
Zisheng Zong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing PV Self-Consumption through Energy Communities in Heating-Dominated Climates

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
The European Union, in accordance with its decarbonization objectives, has enacted the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and subsequently the Directive (EU) 2019/944 that legally recognizes and regulates the formation of citizen energy communities.
Nicola Franzoi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Talk to Your Data: An Agentic Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Decision‐Support Framework for Prosumer Energy Optimization and Recommendations

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
An agentic AI‐driven decision‐support framework for prosumers is proposed, integrating PV generation, load profiling, and multihorizon optimization within a four‐agent architecture. The approach significantly reduces grid dependence, enhances self‐sufficiency and prevents system oversizing.
Adela BÂRA, Simona‐Vasilica OPREA
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Participation of Active Citizen Energy Communities in Spot Electricity Markets Using Hybrid Forecast Methodologies

open access: yesEng, 2022
The increasing penetrations of distributed renewable generation lead to the need for Citizen Energy Communities. Citizen Energy Communities may be able to be active market players and solve local imbalances.
Hugo Algarvio
doaj   +1 more source

THE NEON PROJECT. NEXT-GENERATION INTEGRATED ENERGY SERVICES FOR CITIZEN ENERGY COMMUNITIES

open access: yes, 2022
The NEON Project, funded by the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, aims to make use of the energy performance of buildings, the generation and storage of renewable energy, to bring flexibility to the system, establish and develop a technical and commercial ecosystem for integrated energy services for European communities, which are able to
Dólera, Lucía, Luján, Sergio
openaire   +2 more sources

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the Ecological and Energy Awareness of the Citizens in Rural Communes

open access: yesBarometr Regionalny. Analizy i Prognozy, 2015
This study was performed due to a concept of building a biogas network connecting two agricultural biogas plants. It was concerned with the ecological and energy awareness amongst the citizens of two communes located in the Lubelskie Voivodship. Moreover, their interest in being connected to the local biogas network has been studied.
Alina Kowalczyk-Juśko, Bogdan Kościk
openaire   +2 more sources

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