Decentralised laboratories in the German energy transition. Why local renewable energy initiatives must reinvent themselves

Beermann, Jan; Tews, Kerstin

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.130

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“…We feel this is warranted as there is increasing public support and funding for renewable energy, which has resulted in a debate about the role of society in the transformation of the energy system (von Hirschhausen 2014). It should be realized that very diverse stakeholders are involved, such as venture capital investors, citizen groups, local cooperatives, local and regional authorities, as well as banks and indirect investors (Beerman and Tews 2016;Bürer and Wüstenhagen 2009;van der Schoor and Scholtens 2015;Yildiz 2014). The focus in our paper is just on the financial market participants (investors) who only indirectly participate in this by investing in stock of renewable energy companies.…”

Section: Renewable Energy Indices and Market Environmentalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This particularly relates to decentralized renewable energy projects. However, upscaling these projects faces several challenges, among which financial (Beerman and Tews 2016;van der Schoor and Scholtens 2015). In this respect, institutional investors might play a role (Scholtens 2006) and they will want to assess the renewable energy investments from a portfolio perspective.…”

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Financing energy transformation: The role of renewable energy equity indices

Rezec

Scholtens

2016

International Journal of Green Energy

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The support of financial markets for the transformation of the energy system to a low carbon society seems critical for its success. But will they support this transformation on the basis of market incentives alone? This study analyses how equity indices that try to capture renewable energy investments perform compared to conventional benchmark indices. Especially financial market investors-such as pension funds, insurance companies, and mutual funds-use these to assess and guide their renewable energy investments. As such, we take the perspective of financial market participants, which mainly only indirectly invest in renewable energy. We also analyze whether renewable energy indices are to be regarded as an example of market environmentalism. We find that the renewable energy indices' risk-adjusted return is very poor and suggests renewables is not a financially attractive portfolio investment yet. We also argue that renewable energy equity indices can be regarded as an example of market environmentalism, especially with respect to commodification and frame-shifting.

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Section: Renewable Energy Indices and Market Environmentalismmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Financing energy transformation: The role of renewable energy equity indices

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Scholtens

2016

International Journal of Green Energy

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“…For example, business model innovation of farm-produced biogas in an agricultural network of Sweden is emphasized [101]. A wind park in a town of Germany was designed in a way that would involve investors, local citizens and local council to form a community of interest [102]. Overall, most researchers, especially those in western countries, argue that renewable energy is preferable in rural areas or remote communities.…”

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A Systems Analysis of the Development Status and Trends of Rural Household Energy in China

Min

Liu

et al. 2018

Energies

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This paper attempts to present a complete picture of the status quo and future trends of the development of rural household energy in China based on a literature review and a systems analysis. First, a comprehensive literature review was conducted from the perspectives of energy consumption, carbon emissions and pollutants, energy resources, energy technologies, and energy policies. The review revealed the complexities and dynamics of the current system of rural household energy in China, and several key issues were identified for further attention. These issues are further explored by a systems analysis based on the "Integrated strategy of Sustainable development objectives, Decision-making systems, Operation systems, and Physical systems" (I-SDOP) concept. Following this method, a complete picture of the market status and policy targets is presented, by mapping an energy Sankey diagram and by reviewing the behavior of the main players. The results indicate that synergy of various energies, technologies, and players, and a combination of flexible engineering schemes and policy designs, with adequate consideration of temporal variation and regional disparity, are key strategies to promote the sustainable development of rural household energy, especially the distributed utilization of renewable energy, in China.Energies 2018, 11, 1741 2 of 23 confusing situation. The underlying reason is the system complexity involved. First, the problem involves multi-dimensional objectives, involving carbon emission reduction, energy supply security, energy poverty elimination, as well as public concerns about environmental quality and human health. Second, there exists a multi-element theme concerning the environment, technology, markets, and policy. Achieving sustainable development requires coordination among these dynamically changing elements. Third, regarding those objectives and elements, various agents like governmental departments, enterprises, and farmers represent respective and inconsistent interests. Due to these complexities, a comprehensive solution must be based on a system-wide integration of these objectives, elements, and agents. According to the literature review in Section 2, such a study on integrated strategies for rural household energy use in China is still lacking.This paper attempts to present a complete picture of the status quo and future trends in the development of rural household energy in China, thus offering a scientific reference for policy makers and to help promote sustainable development. Based on a literature review in Section 2 and previous studies of energy strategies and energy systems [17][18][19][20], this study develops a systems method of "Integrated strategy of Sustainable development objectives, Decision-making systems, Operation systems and Physical systems" (I-SDOP) to perform a multi-objective, multi-element, and multi-agent analysis to reveal a complete picture. The methodology and data is introduced in Section 3, results and discussion are presented in Section 4, and conclusio...

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“…The interaction and complementarities among multiple-energy carriers might also have significant value in the energy system. Critical empirical assessment of the economic and environmental value of alternative energy system organization, such as an ICES, is needed [41].…”

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Local Alternative for Energy Supply: Performance Assessment of Integrated Community Energy Systems

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Integrated community energy systems (ICESs) are emerging as a modern development to re-organize local energy systems allowing simultaneous integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) and engagement of local communities. Although local energy initiatives, such as ICESs are rapidly emerging due to community objectives, such as cost and emission reductions as well as resiliency, assessment and evaluation are still lacking on the value that these systems can provide both to the local communities as well as to the whole energy system. In this paper, we present a model-based framework to assess the value of ICESs for the local communities. The distributed energy resources-consumer adoption model (DER-CAM) based ICES model is used to assess the value of an ICES in the Netherlands. For the considered community size and local conditions, grid-connected ICESs are already beneficial to the alternative of solely being supplied from the grid both in terms of total energy costs and CO 2 emissions, whereas grid-defected systems, although performing very well in terms of CO 2 emission reduction, are still rather expensive.

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Decentralised laboratories in the German energy transition. Why local renewable energy initiatives must reinvent themselves

Cited by 50 publications

References 14 publications

Financing energy transformation: The role of renewable energy equity indices

Financing energy transformation: The role of renewable energy equity indices

A Systems Analysis of the Development Status and Trends of Rural Household Energy in China

Local Alternative for Energy Supply: Performance Assessment of Integrated Community Energy Systems

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