Local renewable energy cooperatives: revolution in disguise?

Hufen, J. A. M.; Koppenjan, Joop

doi:10.1186/s13705-015-0046-8

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“…Van der Schoor and Scholtens (2015) and Hufen and Koppejan (2015) both aim at understanding the role and contribution of GIs in the renewable energy transition [18,19]. Van der Schoor and Scholtens compare 13 cases in the north of The Netherlands between 2010 and 2013, and conclude that these GIs were still developing and relatively young, but that formalizing the initiative strengthened their position and internal organization.…”

Section: Literature Review On Dutch Grassroots Initiativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hufen and Koppejan study four frontrunner GIs: Deltawind, Texel Energie, Grunneger Power and Lochem Energy. They conclude that wind cooperatives have a strong potential to contribute to the RE transition because of their unique local situation, but that GIs that are not solely focused on wind have little potential, due to relatively expensive "green" energy and scarce possibilities for RE production [19]. Hoppe et al (2015) compare two successful Local Energy Initiatives, Lochem Energy (in The Netherlands) and Saerbeck (Germany), focusing on motivations, visions, actors and networks, and learning.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Pioneering Renewable Energy in an Economic Energy Policy System: The History and Development of Dutch Grassroots Initiatives

2017

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Abstract:The first grassroots initiatives for renewable energy in The Netherlands were a small number of wind cooperatives that developed in the 1980s and 1990s. After a few years without developments, new initiatives started emerging after 2000, and after 2009 the movement boomed, growing from around 40 to over 360 initiatives. These initiatives form an active, large and diverse movement that uses various motivations, technologies and connections, which have changed over time. This article uses a mixed methodology, aiming to map the development of these different "waves of initiatives" and relate them to the way in which the initiatives fit with their institutional environment. Institutional changes-such as the liberalization of the energy market, changing energy policies and discourses and a policy field that became increasingly multi-actor and multi-level-have influenced the presence and activities of grassroots initiatives. The article concludes that the growth and increasing visibility of the movement can be attributed to a large institutional fit at the decentral level, but that the low priority for grassroots initiatives and the economic rationale of the national government have hindered the political influence and installed capacity of renewable energy production facilities of the initiatives.

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Section: Literature Review On Dutch Grassroots Initiativesmentioning

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Section: Literature Review On Dutch Grassroots Initiativesmentioning

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Pioneering Renewable Energy in an Economic Energy Policy System: The History and Development of Dutch Grassroots Initiatives

2017

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“…As such, the types of policy innovations and institutional adaptions that occur are characterized by this process as well. That being said, this approach can be worthwhile to analyze the 'certain degree of unease' [68] (p. 101) that exists between LLCEIs and subnational governments especially since the latter have a key role in enabling the development of LLCEIs [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Therefore, in this paper, we focus on two capacities that subnational governments can use to enhance their governing capacity vis-à-vis LLCEIs and which substantiate the experimental meta-governance mode: (i) institutional adaptation and (ii) policy innovation.…”

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Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

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Hoppe

2017

Sustainability

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Recent scholarly attention shows increasing involvement of local low-carbon energy initiatives (LLCEIs) in governance and policy, in particular in relation to innovations regarding low-carbon energy and energy efficiency. The future perspective of active citizenship in the production of locally generated low-carbon energy is largely dependent on the existing institutional and policy frameworks and settings. Subnational governments, in particular, can have a prominent role in this process by engaging in institutional adaptation and policy innovation. The central research question of this paper is: In what ways do local and regional governments innovate in governing to respond to the emergence of LLCEIs? The research question is answered by comparing two case studies: the Dutch regions of Overijssel and Fryslân. We have conceptualized a meta-governing approach of experimentation, characterizing the innovations in governing that emerge when governments respond to the emergence of LLCEIs. We specifically focus on two capacities that subnational governments can use to enhance their governing capacity vis-à-vis LLCEIs and which substantiate the experimental meta-governance mode: institutional adaptation and policy innovation. We then formulated hypotheses that specify the expected policy innovations and institutional adaptations employed vis-à-vis LLCEIs. Data collection involved in-depth interviews and use of secondary data. The results show that a balancing process of authoritative and enabling modes of governing particularly characterized the type of policy innovations that were developed and the institutional adaptations that took place. Both provinces govern LLCEIs at arm's length and issue significant capacity-building strategies that vary in terms of their conditions. Municipalities, however, incline towards impromptu and opportunistic responses, some of them having lasting effects by patching up existing institutional settings, others having more of an episodic character. The results will further the understanding of subnational low-carbon policy and governance innovation processes vis-à-vis the role of LLCEIs.

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“…The cases were selected deliberately, by strategic sampling. Because of the research design, the study will not lead to direct generalizability or ready-made solutions to public problems (Hufen & Koppenjan, 2015). It does, however, elucidate new governance arrangements in the water sector.…”

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Government facilitation of external initiatives: how Dutch water authorities cope with value dilemmas

Grotenbreg

Altamirano

2017

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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Water authorities search for new collaborations with nongovernmental actors, with the aim of facilitating societal initiatives. A comparative case study was conducted to analyze the value dilemmas faced by water authorities when they choose to facilitate and how they cope with these dilemmas. The study found that the most prevalent dilemma is between traditional democratic values and efficiency-related values. In the chosen solutions, the latter seem to prevail over the former. Casuistry, cycling and hybridization are common coping mechanisms. The study shows the potential of non-governmental initiatives in the water sector while also reflecting critically on dominant administrative values.

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Local renewable energy cooperatives: revolution in disguise?

Cited by 60 publications

References 8 publications

Pioneering Renewable Energy in an Economic Energy Policy System: The History and Development of Dutch Grassroots Initiatives

Pioneering Renewable Energy in an Economic Energy Policy System: The History and Development of Dutch Grassroots Initiatives

Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân

Government facilitation of external initiatives: how Dutch water authorities cope with value dilemmas

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