“…The transition can be subject of financial involvement from citizens to renewable energy projects (Holstenkamp & Kahla, 2016;Yildiz, 2014) or business models that actively promote co-ownership or local energy generation, granting a cooperative property right to all producers and consumers (Gorroño-Albizu, 2020;Torabi Moghadam et al, 2020;Lowitzsch, 2020Lowitzsch, , 2019Lowitzsch & Hanke, 2019). Examples of these business models include equitable distribution (Koirala, Chaves Ávila et al, 2016;Koirala, Koliou et al, 2016), personal capital-building (Szulecki, 2018;Fairchild & Weinrub, 2017;Becker & Naumann, 2017;Morris & Jungjohann, 2016), sustainability by the localised use of community power (Radtke et al, 2020;Radtke, 2014;Hoffman & High-Pippert, 2010) and societal decoupling (Alexander & Yacoumis, 2018;Ferrari & Chartier, 2018;Rommel et al, 2018;Kunze & Becker, 2015). Additionally, community participation in providing electricity and heating at a lower cost leads to changes in consumer behaviour that result from their local utility companies, and renewable energy support initiatives are also brought to light (Sifakis et al, 2019;Chalkiadakis et al, 2018;Šahović & Da Silva, 2016;Beggio & Kusch, 2015;Haney & Pollitt, 2013).…”