Community Energy Projects Redefining Energy Distribution Systems: Examples from Berlin and Hamburg

Colell, Arwen; Pohlmann, Angela Raffin

doi:10.1002/9781119616290.ch10

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“…These social movements emerged as a countermovement to the dominance of large energy companies. Examples for such counter-initiatives are campaigns for remunicipalisation of energy infrastructure like the energy grid in Berlin, Germany (Becker et al 2015;Colell and Pohlmann 2019;REN21 2019), in Minneapolis, USA (Berthod et al 2022) or the Spanish energy cooperative Som Energia (Angel 2021).…”

Section: K 3 Energy Democracymentioning

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Safe havens for energy democracy? Analysing the low-carbon transitions of Danish energy islands

2023

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Denmark has long been known as a pioneer in renewable energy technology development. Apart from technological leadership, Denmark has also been the home to many community-based renewable energy initiatives. Citizen involvement in local energy projects has been key to increasing and maintaining acceptance to wind, solar and biomass. Three Danish islands (Bornholm, Samsø and Ærø) have been particularly active in promoting renewables. All three have claimed the title “energy island” and two of them have established specific institutions to promote further RE projects. In this article, we investigate community energy projects on two of the islands (Samsø and Ærø) through an Energy Democracy lens. The purpose of this investigation is to understand how the development on these islands relate to the concept of Energy Democracy: we outline how democratic processes and institutions shape the development of the local infrastructure and how this development, in turn, shaped local democracy. We found that many of the features of Energy Democracy were present in the two cases. Our research highlights a number of shortcomings of the concept of energy democracy, most importantly, a certain disregard for questions of energy justice and a blindness towards questions of scale.

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Section: K 3 Energy Democracymentioning

confidence: 99%

Safe havens for energy democracy? Analysing the low-carbon transitions of Danish energy islands

2023

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“…This contrasts with decision-making in some of the developed world countries, having fairly responsive and democratic governance systems in place. Public participation has helped shape reforms in the energy sector, with governments paying attention to ideas from the public while acknowledging key public values [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In July 2019, the Federal Government of Nigeria set up a Presidential Power Initiative to strategize on how to improve the country's installed capacity and reduce power loss [29]. Currently, Nigeria has a total of 13 GW installed capacity, but only about 3.4 GW is available for distribution to consumers [31].…”

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Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Energy Contributing to the Use of Renewable Energy Sources and Improving Energy Security in Nigeria

2022

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The need for improved energy security in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. Currently, energy security is rather poor, while access to energy is fundamental to socio-economic development and poverty alleviation. Renewable energy could potentially contribute to resolving this because renewable sources such as solar radiation are more available and sustainable, and can be set up in small generation units, meaning that it is suitable for community management and ownership. In theory, a community energy approach could well apply. In this paper, the main research question is: In what ways can community energy initiatives contribute to increasing the use of renewable energy sources and improving energy security in Nigeria according to selected stakeholders and households? A mixed methods research approach was used to answer this question, with stakeholder interviews and survey data from 124 residents in two case studies of selected housing estates in Lagos. The results show that 58% of the households and most of the stakeholders express support for community renewable energy as a viable approach for increasing energy access and greening energy supply. The present study shows that there is a need to raise awareness and support projects for effective and supportive renewable energy policy to encourage local renewable energy community formation.

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Neue qualitative Methoden im Kontext der Umweltsoziologie

Pohlmann

2024

Handbuch Umweltsoziologie

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Community Energy Projects Redefining Energy Distribution Systems: Examples from Berlin and Hamburg

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Safe havens for energy democracy? Analysing the low-carbon transitions of Danish energy islands

Safe havens for energy democracy? Analysing the low-carbon transitions of Danish energy islands

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Energy Contributing to the Use of Renewable Energy Sources and Improving Energy Security in Nigeria

Neue qualitative Methoden im Kontext der Umweltsoziologie

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