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Adaptable Energy Systems Integration by Modular, Standardized and Scalable System Architectures: Necessities and Prospects of Any Time Transition

open access: yesEnergies, 2018
Energy conversion and distribution of heat and electricity is characterized by long planning horizons, investment periods and depreciation times, and it is thus difficult to plan and tell the technology that optimally fits for decades.
Jonas Hinker   +5 more
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Framing in Renewable Energy Policies: A Glossary

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
The transformation of a power supply, a social-technical system suffering from a heavy lock-ins, requires structural adaptations which are extremely complex.
Maarten Wolsink
doaj   +1 more source

The CEP Crosswalk: A community energy planning tool for interdepartmental alignment and stakeholder engagement

open access: yesCanadian Planning and Policy, 2021
Community Energy Planning is a still-maturing practice that has great potential to help achieve climate goals, stimulate economic development, and realize health and social benefits.
Cody Walter   +2 more
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To what extent can community energy mitigate energy poverty in Germany?

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022
The reduction of energy poverty and the expansion of citizen-led community energy projects are two important issues for a just energy transition in the European Union.
Annika Bode
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Renewable Energy Cooperatives as a Stimulating Factor in Household Energy Savings

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
Little is known about how renewable energy cooperatives (REScoops) try to influence energy conservation among households and the resulting impact.
Thomas Hoppe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Energy communities (EC) are among the new actors in the energy market, playing an important role in the uptake of photovoltaics (PV) in European markets.
August Wierling   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building a Common Support Framework in Differing Realities—Conditions for Renewable Energy Communities in Germany and Bulgaria

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
The revised EU Renewable Energy Directive first introduced renewable energy communities into the EU policy framework and requires Member States to implement a support framework for them.
Deyana Spasova, Sibylle Braungardt
doaj   +1 more source

Energy Literacy for Energy Communities

open access: yes, 2022
Energy Literacy for Energy Communities is a handbook created by the NEWCOMERS project. The handbook offers an introduction to some of the concepts and considerations relating to energy communities and their role in the energy system. It is written for community members and anyone else interested in joining the energy community movement.
Đekić Tajnšek, Iva, Drevenšek, Mojca
openaire   +1 more source

Enhancing User Engagement in Local Energy Initiatives Using Smart Local Energy Engagement Tools: A Meta Study

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Deploying smart local energy engagement tools (SLEETs) in local energy projects enables users to better observe and control energy, and potentially become active participants in local energy management. Using a cross-project approach, this paper examines
Rajat Gupta, Sahar Zahiri, Johanna Morey
doaj   +1 more source

Bioenergy for Community Energy Security in Canada: Challenges in the Business Ecosystem

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Bioenergy represents a viable renewable alternative for the many off-grid remote communities in Northern Canada that rely on diesel-based energy infrastructure. Despite the abundance of forest-based biomass, bioenergy for heat and power in Canada is used
Vikas Menghwani   +5 more
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