Stakeholder objectives for joining an energy community: Flemish case studies

Heuninckx, Shary; Boveldt, Geert te; Macharis, Cathy; Coosemans, Thierry

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112808

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“…The aim is limited to theoretical foundation, to break ground for applying actual projects to these specific contexts. This aim has been supported by Heuninckx et al's findings [144], who mentioned that "The successful implementation of an energy community starts with a design that is supported by and meets the needs of all stakeholders concerned". For this purpose, the study has concluded the integrated steps as:…”

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confidence: 82%

Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region: Cases of Egypt and Italy

Abouaiana

Battisti

2022

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Mediterranean rural settlements suffer from numerous environmental challenges, specifically the annual decrease of the farmlands, climate change threats, and growing resource consumption and demand, such as energy, the core of development. Rural areas play a significant role in achieving food security and sustainable development. Therefore, this paper promotes the energy community and agrivoltaic key concepts as pillars to show how buildings and farms’ land uses positively impact the ecosystem. The study focused on Egypt and Italy as representatives of the entire region. Two rural settlements with the same characteristics representing typical agriculture-based patterns have been selected: Lasaifar Albalad, representing 339 villages in the Delta Region, northern Egypt, and Pontinia, representing rural typologies of the 1930s in the Lazio Region, central Italy. Then, two focus groups with versatile stakeholders were conducted. The results showed the juxtaposition of the key concepts and national rural and agricultural policies and fostered a novel approach between Egypt and Italy. The study presented the first analysis of both contexts. The focus groups promoted the ideas, led to a better understanding of the implementation possibilities, raised awareness, improved social acceptance, and highlighted the significant barriers. It paved the way for a further study (micro-scale on-ground practices) to be planned and implemented soon.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region: Cases of Egypt and Italy

Abouaiana

Battisti

2022

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“…NPV RSCj = NPV × PD OVj with j = 1…N RSC (16) in which E p = energy produced by each RSC; E SC = energy selfconsumed by each RSC; E NSC = energy not self-consumed by each RSC; S bill = savings bill of each RSC; S ear = earnings from sale of each RSC; OB j = overall benefits of each RSC; OB tot = overall benefits; PD OV = percentage benefits of each RSC NPV RSCj = NPV associated with j RSC; N RSC = number of RSC. We consider for scenario "revenues shared according to a partial energy consumption profile":…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, while financial incentives are the main elements in encouraging participation, they are also not the decisive objectives. Indeed, a mix of social, economic, technical and environmental motivations are triggered [16]. However, savings are shown on the overall community bill compared to the scenario in which members are not organized as a community [17].…”

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Photovoltaic systems and sustainable communities: New social models for ecological transition. The impact of incentive policies in profitability analyses

et al. 2023

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“…Financial constraints is one of the main factors increasing the willingness to participate in an energy community (Heuninckx et al 2022). For instance, some households may evaluate the initial investment to buy a home storage system as not affordable, or a given technology may supply energy while above the needs of a household.…”

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Social tipping dynamics in the energy system

Alkemade,

de Bruin,

El-Feiaz

et al. 2023

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Abstract. The fast growth in renewables has led to an economic tipping point for the adoption of renewables. However, we do not observe a corresponding reduction in fossil fuel demand. The tipping point has not led to a system-wide energy transition. This paper reviews how the cost tipping point in renewables can initiate other social tipping dynamics in the energy transition and it presents energy communities as a promising and fast-growing niche environment that can exploit and foster such tipping dynamics.

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Stakeholder objectives for joining an energy community: Flemish case studies

Cited by 29 publications

References 25 publications

Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region: Cases of Egypt and Italy

Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region: Cases of Egypt and Italy

Photovoltaic systems and sustainable communities: New social models for ecological transition. The impact of incentive policies in profitability analyses

Social tipping dynamics in the energy system

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