Taking stock of the local impacts of community owned renewable energy: A review and research agenda

AL Berka, E Creamer - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
A growing literature suggests that community owned renewable energy (CRE) projects have
the potential to deliver a range of environmental and local socio-economic benefits. There is …

What are the barriers and incentives for community-owned means of energy production and use?

G Walker - Energy policy, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper on community-owned means of renewable energy production and use, reviews
experience to date in the UK and the incentives for and barriers limiting current and future …

Carbon reduction,'the public'and renewable energy: engaging with socio‐technical configurations

G Walker, N Cass - Area, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of challenging targets for renewable energy generation, this paper draws out
social implications of moves towards low carbon energy systems. As renewable energy …

Local civil society based renewable energy organisations in the Netherlands: Exploring the factors that stimulate their emergence and development

FP Boon, C Dieperink - Energy Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
In order to alleviate urgent and pressing environmental issues, a transition towards
decentralised production and consumption of renewable energy is necessary. The …

Strategies for the deployment of micro-generation: Implications for social acceptance

R Sauter, J Watson - Energy Policy, 2007 - Elsevier
Social acceptance of renewable energy innovation has often been discussed in the context
of large renewable technology projects, acceptance having been seen as rather passive …

Behavioural responses to photovoltaic systems in the UK domestic sector

J Keirstead - Energy policy, 2007 - Elsevier
Microgeneration—the generation of electricity and/or heat within the home—has recently
become a notable addition to UK energy policy debates. Specifically research has …

Improving the energy performance of UK households: Results from surveys of consumer adoption and use of low-and zero-carbon technologies

S Caird, R Roy, H Herring - Energy Efficiency, 2008 - Springer
This paper presents results from a UK Open University project which surveyed consumers'
reasons for adoption, and non-adoption, of energy efficiency measures and renewable …

Prospects for and barriers to domestic micro-generation: A United Kingdom perspective

SR Allen, GP Hammond, MC McManus - Applied energy, 2008 - Elsevier
Approximately 38% of current UK greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to the energy
supply sector. Losses in the current electricity supply system amount to around 65% of the …

What role for microgeneration in a shift to a low carbon domestic energy sector in the UK?

N Bergman, N Eyre - Energy efficiency, 2011 - Springer
Domestic energy use accounts for more than a quarter of CO 2 emissions in the UK.
Traditional approaches to energy reduction look at direct emissions savings, and …

A persuasive feedback support system for energy conservation and carbon emission reduction in campus residential buildings

A Emeakaroha, CS Ang, Y Yan, T Hopthrow - Energy and buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a need for energy conservation mechanisms, especially in university campuses, as
students do not have any direct feedback on their energy consumptions, which leads to …