The transition to a low-carbon future based on renewable energy sources is leading to a
new role for citizens, from passive energy consumers to active energy citizens-the so-called …

Issues of environmental degradation, finite quantity and uneven spatial distribution of fuels
in nature, and growing demand accentuated by volatility of oil prices have led to the global …

Objectives The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the activities, organisation and
implications of energy communities as participants across the energy system. It also aims to …

Abstract Renewable Energy Communities (REC) have the potential to become a key agent
for the energy transition. Since consumers have different consumption patterns depending …

The adoption and encouragement of community energy, that is, the incentive to develop
renewable energy projects with community participation and ownership, is a key ingredient …

Recent European policy efforts stimulate the emergence of community energy initiatives,
and the European Commission explicitly aims to enable a just transition towards a low …

For the energy transition, Social Innovation (SI) has been defined as innovations that
contribute to the low-carbon energy transition, civic empowerment, and social goals through …

Active energy citizens are leading energy transitions, co-producing new cultures, practices
and structures of production and consumption. This article aims to understand if …

This study explores the relationship between green tax policy and energy transformation
from the perspective of energy consumption and energy production. The green tax policy is …

Citizen-driven Renewable Energy (RE) projects of various kinds, known collectively as
community energy (CE), have an important part to play in the worldwide transition to cleaner …