Abstract The 'Clean Energy for All Europeans' legislative package places citizens and
communities at the heart of the European energy policy by promoting local energy …

The advent of more proactive consumers, the so-called “prosumers”, with production and
storage capabilities, is empowering the consumers and bringing new opportunities and …

Energy communities is a new, but already successful prosumer model of the local energy
systems' construction. It is based on distributed energy sources and the electricity …

In recent times, there has been a significant shift from centralized energy systems to
decentralized ones. These systems aim to satisfy local energy needs using renewable …

Abstract Smart MicroGrids (SMGs) can be seen as a promising option when it comes to
addressing the urgent need for sustainable transition in electric systems from the current …

This paper considers the potential significance of 'clean energy communities'(CECs) in the
transformation of the present socio-technical regimes underlying our centralized energy …

The decreasing cost of energy storage and increasing demand for local flexibility are
opening up new possibilities for energy storage deployment at the local level. Community …

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 …

In response to the ongoing climate crisis, many countries have issued policies to support the
uptake of renewable energy. In the same vein, the European Union (EU) has issued a …

Community microgrids implemented in existing electricity grids can meet both development
targets set out in the Paris agreement: 1. mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through …