Community renewable energy: What should it mean?

Walker, Gordon; Devine‐Wright, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.10.019

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“…Local energy systems such as ICESs are open and participatory as well as local and collective [50]. An emergent and self-organized community approach is expected to change the experience and outcomes of energy technology implementation as communities become both producers and suppliers of energy [6] [22] [66].…”

Section: Paradigm Shift Through Community Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A strong sense of community is a prerequisite for ICESs [65]; such systems result from a high degree of involvement at the local level in the planning, development and administration of energy projects as well as collective distribution of benefits [50]. Local energy systems such as ICESs are open and participatory as well as local and collective [50].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Koirala

Koliou

Friege

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Energy systems across the globe are going through a radical transformation as a result of technological and institutional changes, depletion of fossil fuel resources, and climate change. At the local level, increasing distributed energy resources requires that the centralized energy systems be re-organized. In this paper, the concept of Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICESs) is presented as a modern development to re-organize local energy systems to integrate distributed energy resources and engage local communities. Local energy systems such as ICESs not only ensure self-provision of energy but also provide essential system services to the larger energy system. In this regard, a comparison of different energy system integration option is provided. We review the current energy trends and the associated technological, socio-economic, environmental and institutional issues shaping the development of ICESs. These systems can be applied to both developed and developing countries, however, their objectives, business models as well as composition differs. ICESs can be accepted by different actors such as local governments, communities, energy suppliers and system operators as an effective means to achieve sustainability and thereby will have significant roles in future energy systems.

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Section: Paradigm Shift Through Community Engagementmentioning

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Section: Paradigm Shift Through Community Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Koirala

Koliou

Friege

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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330

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“…Accordingly, several studies have argued that community-based energy (CBE) organizations facilitate collective action for climate change mitigation by fostering individual behavioral change toward more sustainable energy practices (Heiskanen et al, 2010;Middlemiss, 2011Middlemiss, , 2008Seyfang, 2010). CBE projects refer to formal or informal citizen-led initiatives which propose collaborative solutions, typically on a local basis, to facilitate the development of sustainable energy technologies and practices Walker and Devine-Wright, 2007). In line with the contributions of Elinor Ostrom and other institutional scholars, CBE initiatives are said to influence their members' energy-related behavior by activating social norms and by providing trustworthy information about sustainable energy investments and behaviors.…”

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Exploring the links between community-based governance and sustainable energy use: Quantitative evidence from Flanders

Bauwens

Eyre

2017

Ecological Economics

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Abstract:Community-based energy organizations have been said to influence their members' energy-related behavior by activating social norms and by providing trustworthy information about sustainable energy investments and behaviors. However, little is known yet about members' actual energy use and how it differs from that of individuals who do not participate in such projects. In particular, selection effects are likely to arise, i.e. community-based energy projects may attract people that are different from the underlying population in terms of energy use. This article empirically addresses the question of the selection into community-based energy projects in terms of energy use, focusing on the case of renewable energy cooperatives. Based on quantitative data from an original survey conducted with one renewable energy cooperative in Flanders and using probit regression analyses, it contrasts a sample of cooperative members with an appropriate comparison group in terms of electricity usage. The results show that electricity consumption is positively related with cooperative membership, suggesting that high use consumers have greater incentives to join a communitybased organization which provides assistance and advice on the adoption of green technologies and energy efficiency measures. These findings contribute to an understanding of the relationship between community-based governance and sustainable energy practices.

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“…Whilst some questions remain over the optimal means by which to engage in deliberations with host communities (see, e.g., Chilvers, 2009;Petts, 2003), a burgeoning literature now speaks to the many benefits yielded by participatory planning strategies, in part due to the increased perceptions of procedural fairness that come associated with such strategies (e.g., Devine-Wright, 2005;Gross, 2007;Jobert, et al, 2007;Lange and Hehl-Lange, 2005;McClaren-Loring, 2007;Toke et al, 2008;Walker and Devine-Wright, 2008;Warren and McFadyen, 2010; see also Inhaber, 1998;Beierle and Cayford, 2002). As such, the results or this study clearly support calls for more participatory planning strategies (e.g., engage-deliberate-decide, see Walker, 2009) in order to: (a) facilitate the likelihood and speed with which proposed schemes achieve planning success; and (b) perhaps also increase the scale of local development that host communities will be willing to accept.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Community renewable energy: What should it mean?

Cited by 678 publications

References 5 publications

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Energetic communities for community energy: A review of key issues and trends shaping integrated community energy systems

Exploring the links between community-based governance and sustainable energy use: Quantitative evidence from Flanders

When is enough, enough? Identifying predictors of capacity estimates for onshore wind-power development in a region of the UK

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