Responding to policy change: New business models for renewable energy cooperatives – Barriers perceived by cooperatives’ members

Herbes, Carsten; Brummer, Vasco; Rognli, Judith; Blazejewski, Susanne; Gericke, Naomi

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.06.051

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“…In terms of energy planning, an extremely interesting role is played by the cooperatives. The overview of energy cooperatives in terms of organization, financing, and participation is broad, and German cooperatives can be an interesting reference [27,28]; local cooperatives can also be designed for the use of new technologies to combine heating and electricity [29]; in general, statistical analyses on the European cooperatives [30] show a good effectiveness of energy efficiency interventions carried out in a REScoop, with a significant reduction (>20%) in energy consumption and harmful gas emissions.…”

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How Climate Change Affects the Building Energy Consumptions Due to Cooling, Heating, and Electricity Demands of Italian Residential Sector

Mancini

Basso

2020

Energies

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Climate change affects the buildings’ performance, significantly influencing energy consumption, as well as the indoor thermal comfort. As a consequence, the growing outdoor environmental temperatures entail a slight reduction in heating consumption and an increase in cooling consumption, with different overall effects depending on the latitudes. This document focuses attention on the Italian residential sector, considering the current and reduced meteorological data, in anticipation of future climate scenarios. According to a sample of 419 buildings, referring to the climatic conditions of Milan, Florence, Rome, and Naples, the heating and cooling needs are calculated by a simplified dynamic model, in current and future conditions. The effects of the simplest climate adaptation measure, represented by the introduction of new air conditioners, have been also evaluated. The simulations results show an important reduction in complex energy consumption (Milan −6%, Florence −22%, Rome −25%, Naples −30%), due to the greater incidence of heating demand in the Italian context. However, the increase in air conditioning electrical consumption over the hot season (Milan +11%, Florence +20%, Rome +19%, Naples +16%) can play a critical role for the electrical system; for that reason, the introduction of photovoltaic arrays as a compensatory measure have been analysed.

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How Climate Change Affects the Building Energy Consumptions Due to Cooling, Heating, and Electricity Demands of Italian Residential Sector

Mancini

Basso

2020

Energies

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“…For this reason, awareness building activities can be used to mitigate perceptions of risk of renewable energy co-operatives that can hinder the profitability of such initiatives as well as their contribution to energy transition objectives. In this case, awareness building in support of local energy generation can also be used to satisfy needs to empower community participation and buy-in within such initiatives [56].…”

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Covenant of Mayors: Local Energy Generation, Methodology, Policies and Good Practice Examples

2019

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Local authorities and cities are at the forefront of driving the energy transition, which plays a crucial role in mitigating the effects of climate change. The greenhouse gas emissions in cities, due to energy consumption, are placed into two categories: direct emissions generated from the combustion of fossil fuels mainly in buildings and transport sectors, and indirect emissions from grid-supplied energy, such as electricity and district heating and/or cooling. While there is extensive literature focused on direct greenhouse gas emissions accounting in cities’ inventories, research has focused to a lesser extent on allocation methods of indirect emissions from grid-supplied energy. The present paper provides an updated definition for the concept of local energy generation within the Covenant of Mayors initiative and proposes a new methodology for indirect emission accounting in cities’ greenhouse gas emission inventories. In addition, a broader policy framework in which local action is taken is discussed based on the European Union energy and climate policies, and over 80 exemplary Covenant of Mayors good practices are identified across the technology areas of local energy generation and four modes of urban climate governance. The contributions of the paper demonstrate that local authorities have the capacity to support and mobilize action for local energy generation investments through the multiple modes of urban climate governance to update and strengthen climate action

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“…The emerging research area regarding the business models for renewable energies, outlined above, is discussed in [9,10]. In particular, the work presented in [9] aims at identifying new models and identifying the implementation barriers that need to be faced by renewable energy cooperatives. There are three main barriers: risk aversion, concerns about the environmental impacts, and the lack of competencies and time of the involved management.…”

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An Energy Community Implementation: The Unical Energy Cloud

Giordano¹,

Mastroianni²,

Menniti

et al. 2019

Electronics

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, limiting the effects of climate change and decreasing the environmental, social and economic costs of energy production are some of the main issues related to the sustainable development of modern society. Energy communities, envisioned to enable local energy exchange between consumers and producers of renewable energy, represent a possible scenario towards a cleaner and sustainable energy system. In this paper, an energy community management model called Power Cloud and presented in previous papers is proposed for a real-world practical application at the University of Calabria. In particular, the implementation of the information and communication technology (ICT) architecture and other enabling technologies, such as the nanogrid and the smart energy box, are discussed in detail. The experiment results show that by adopting the Power Cloud management model it is possible to obtain significant savings in terms of energy cost, which provide benefit for a community, such as a university campus.

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Responding to policy change: New business models for renewable energy cooperatives – Barriers perceived by cooperatives’ members

Cited by 121 publications

References 48 publications

How Climate Change Affects the Building Energy Consumptions Due to Cooling, Heating, and Electricity Demands of Italian Residential Sector

How Climate Change Affects the Building Energy Consumptions Due to Cooling, Heating, and Electricity Demands of Italian Residential Sector

Covenant of Mayors: Local Energy Generation, Methodology, Policies and Good Practice Examples

An Energy Community Implementation: The Unical Energy Cloud

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