Typology of future clean energy communities: An exploratory structure, opportunities, and challenges

Gui, Emi Minghui; MacGill, Iain

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.019

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“…Another closely related concept is Electricity Prosumer Communities (EPCs) which are "groups of people producing, sharing, and consuming electricity locally [17]." Other authors have used terms such as Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICESs) [18][19][20][21] and Clean Energy Communities (CECs) [22] to refer to the same concept. The primary difference between PCG's and other prosumer communities is that in a PCG, the formation of groups or coalitions is based on mutual goals.…”

Section: Prosumer Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Aside from being too small to compete with traditional energy generators, individual prosumer's energy supply is unpredictable due to dependency on climatic conditions [10]. These challenges in efficiency and reliability led to the emergence of PCGs [11], also referred to as EPCs [17], ICESs [18][19][20][21], or CECs [22]. In a PCG, the prosumers interact with other prosumers and smart grid via a community gateway.…”

Section: Prosumer Community/coalition Formationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another form of PCG is CECs that are distributed and decentralized [22]. An exploratory study of CEC discusses its different forms such as peer-to-peer (P2P), VPPs, and microgrids.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An exploratory study of CEC discusses its different forms such as peer-to-peer (P2P), VPPs, and microgrids. It also talks about the transition and evolution of communities and grids [22]. The analysis reveals that "low-carbon transition pathways will be varied, driven by social, technological and organizational contexts, and shaped by institutional change processes, and interaction with the existing regime and incumbent actors [22]."…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also talks about the transition and evolution of communities and grids [22]. The analysis reveals that "low-carbon transition pathways will be varied, driven by social, technological and organizational contexts, and shaped by institutional change processes, and interaction with the existing regime and incumbent actors [22]." The study reported a SWOT (strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats) analysis on Current Utility Mode, Centralized CEC, Distributed CEC and, Decentralized CEC.…”

Section: Prosumer Community/coalition Formationmentioning

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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“…Another form of PCG is CECs that are distributed and decentralized [22]. An exploratory study of CEC discusses its different forms such as peer-to-peer (P2P), VPPs, and microgrids.…”

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Polycentric energy governance: Under what conditions do energy communities scale?

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As the polycentric nature of climate governance becomes ever more apparent, understanding the role played by individual initiatives becomes an increasingly urgent research priority. In recent years, community initiatives have blossomed in relation to clean energy, both in their overall number and diversity. Polycentric governance thinking offers a powerful but incomplete account of how and why such initiatives emerge, grow, and replicate in different contexts, that is, how they "scale." This article investigates the conditions under which different clean energy communities scale. Based on a systematic literature review, it identifies 23 separate conditions, which are subsequently categorized into what happens within, between and in the context of individual initiatives. As well as enriching polycentric governance thinking, this article identifies practical ways to inform and facilitate the emergence of new community initiatives.

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Local energy systems development in India and United Kingdom: A comprehensive review of latest developments and way forward

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Energy systems across the world are becoming localized, decarbonized, and digitalized. This is the era of local energy system integrating heat, power, and transport. Local energy system refers to arrangements that operate locally at a scale less than the traditional centralized model to maximize social, economic, environmental benefits for people or organization in a specific geographical area. Beyond decarbonization, local energy systems are expected to provide a wide range of other benefits such as alleviating fuel poverty, community income generation. The increase in the deployment of local energy systems has been the subject of intensive research and development in recent era. This article aims to review the recent local energy system developments in India and United Kingdom. Specifically, this will focus on local energy system taxonomy, landscape, challenges, pilot projects, policies, energy storage technologies in India and United Kingdom. Further, this work will also discuss how local energy system can be used for electrification of rural India. Thus, this work will put forward the latest developments of local energy system in a developed and developing country. This work will conclude by presenting the way forward for local energy system adoption and development in India and United Kingdom. It is expected that this work will help power and energy system researchers to track down the recent developments and landscape, and lessons of local energy system.This article is categorized under: Sustainable Energy > Other Renewables Climate and Environment > Net Zero Planning and Decarbonization Energy and Power Systems > Energy Infrastructure

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Typology of future clean energy communities: An exploratory structure, opportunities, and challenges

Cited by 262 publications

References 80 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

Polycentric energy governance: Under what conditions do energy communities scale?

Local energy systems development in India and United Kingdom: A comprehensive review of latest developments and way forward

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