Redefining a stakeholder relation: Finnish energy “prosumers” as co-producers

Olkkonen, Laura; Korjonen‐Kuusipuro, Kristiina; Grönberg, Iiro

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2016.10.004

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“…Thus, its management must be given sufficient attention so that both parties can work together harmoniously and achieve long-term sustainability of energy exchange. However, this relationship presents multiple complexities as observed in the related literature [60][61][62]71].…”

Section: Provider-consumer Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A study investigated the relationship among energy prosumers and energy companies, by gathering data through interviews and participant observations of Finnish private solar power owners and energy company representatives [61]. Findings reveal that the relationship is a co-producing stakeholder relation where the key element is reciprocity.…”

Section: Provider-consumer Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study on provider-consumer relationship based on retrospective interviews may have had biased interviewees' reflections on their behaviors and decisions, hence, more suitable extensive methods such as participatory approaches could be investigated in the future [61]. Additional empirical studies could also be conducted in the future to examine the implications of various ownership and governance structures to prosumer relationships [62].…”

Section: Provider-consumer Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additional empirical studies could also be conducted in the future to examine the implications of various ownership and governance structures to prosumer relationships [62]. With these in-depth methods, we could further investigate the underlying prosumers' behaviors and motivations and gain a deeper understanding of prosumer relations [61].…”

Section: Provider-consumer Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Provider-consumer relationships [16,36,[60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] Consumer engagement [5,14,36,56,[73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82] Socio-Economic-technological aspect [18,28,46,74,76,80,81, This paper is structured as follows: Section 2 discusses the latest progress in the area of prosumer based smart grids focusing on prosumer communities and prosumer relationships. Section 3 outlines the future work and Section 4 concludes the paper.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prosumer Communities and Relationships in Smart Grids: A Literature Review, Evolution and Future Directions

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Smart grids are robust, self-healing networks that allow bidirectional propagation of energy and information within the utility grid. This introduces a new type of energy user who consumes, produces, stores and shares energy with other grid users. Such a user is called a “prosumer.” Prosumers’ participation in the smart grid is critical for the sustainability and long-term efficiency of the energy sharing process. Thus, prosumer management has attracted increasing attention among researchers in recent years. This paper systematically examines the literature on prosumer community based smart grid by reviewing relevant literature published from 2009 to 2018 in reputed energy and technology journals. We specifically focus on two dimensions namely prosumer community groups and prosumer relationships. Based on the evaluated literature, we present eight propositions and thoroughly describe several future research directions.

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Section: Provider-consumer Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Provider-consumer Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Prosumer's commitment model: The case of a biodiesel cooperative

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Consumers are becoming more aware of their role in the propagation of environmental issues, the transition from passive consumer to prosumer is emerging, and it is of interest to know the commitment factors that leads the biodiesel prosumer to act in favor of an organization which they belong in order to achieve one goal in common and contribute to local sustainable development. In this research, the prosumer is the one who participates as a member and consumer of a biodiesel cooperative. The prosumer's commitment is made up of two components: (i) nonactive or affective, identification with the organization, and (ii) active or participatory, action towards certain goals. The objectives of the investigation are to evaluate the biodiesel prosumer's commitment and know its causes and effects. The hypotheses on the causes and results of the prosumer's commitment are postulated in a structural equation model (SEM), whose theoretical basis corresponds to the double role of the prosumer: member and client of the cooperative. The SEM is evaluated from the perspective of the prosumer based on mixed methodology and partial least square (PLS). The proposed SEM explains 78% (R 2 = 0.78) of the variability of the contribution of the biodiesel cooperative to local sustainable development, where this contribution is directly and significantly impacted by the two components of the commitment. This case study identifies dimensions that lead the biodiesel prosumer to commit in the cocreation and consumption of renewable fuel, which gives more opportunities for long-term survival of this initiative in a competitive market.

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Stakeholder theory and actor‐network theory: The stakeholder engagement in energy transitions

2022

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The idea of sustainable development highlights the need to address economic, social, and environmental aspects to preserve the rights and needs of future generations. This paper proposes an association between stakeholder theory (ST) and Actor‐Network Theory (ANT) that can better explain the dynamics of actors in the energy sector, in the context of sociotechnical transitions to sustainability. By selectively examining the way in which different researchers perceive this subject, we intend to address how the engagement of the stakeholders can promote sociotechnical transitions in the energy sector trough the connection between ST and ANT. We aim to characterize the dynamics of stakeholder's engagement in sociotechnical transitions in the context of sustainability in the energy sector, trough the connection of the two theories. A narrative literature review was performed on scientific databases. The results showed that sociotechnical transitions in the energy sector require the involvement of multiple actors with different interests and that ST associated with ANT provides a good basis for research on this theme. The association of both theories highlights the importance of ST to enhance cooperation in the areas of clean energy research and technology, providing a theoretical tool for understanding the dynamics of transitions and its different pathways. For future studies, it is recommended to deepen the relationship between human and non‐human actors and their role as stakeholders.

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Redefining a stakeholder relation: Finnish energy “prosumers” as co-producers

Cited by 51 publications

References 29 publications

Prosumer Communities and Relationships in Smart Grids: A Literature Review, Evolution and Future Directions

Prosumer Communities and Relationships in Smart Grids: A Literature Review, Evolution and Future Directions

Prosumer's commitment model: The case of a biodiesel cooperative

Stakeholder theory and actor‐network theory: The stakeholder engagement in energy transitions

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