A review of renewable energy communities: concepts, scope, progress, challenges, and recommendations

S Ahmed, A Ali, A D'angola - Sustainability, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review

K Szulecki, I Overland - Energy Research & Social Science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract 'Energy democracy'has evolved from a slogan used by activists demanding a
greater say in energy-related decision-making to a term used in policy documents and …

Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation

F Creutzig, J Roy, P Devine-Wright, J Díaz-José… - 2022‏ - espace.curtin.edu.au
Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing a just renewable energy transition: Policy advice for transposing the new European rules for renewable energy communities

CE Hoicka, J Lowitzsch, MC Brisbois, A Kumar… - Energy Policy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) provides an enabling framework for
“Renewable Energy Communities”(RECs) that is being transposed into law by the 27 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy justice within, between and beyond European community energy initiatives: A review

N Van Bommel, JI Höffken - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Locked in transition? Towards a conceptualization of path-dependence lock-ins in the renewable energy landscape

A Eitan, MP Hekkert - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In opposition to studies concerning fossil fuel-based energy systems, the transition literature
often overlooks how path-dependence lock-ins affect the renewable energy landscape …

Social innovation in community energy in Europe: A review of the evidence

RJ Hewitt, N Bradley… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada

CE Hoicka, K Savic, A Campney - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Reconciliation is about the genuine restructuring and transformation of the relationships
between Indigenous and settler people. Although renewable energy has not been inherently …

[HTML][HTML] How to account for the dark sides of social innovation? Transitions directionality in renewable energy prosumerism

B Pel, JM Wittmayer, F Avelino, D Loorbach… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Social innovation is gaining attention as a pivotal dimension of socio-technical transitions
with renewable energy prosumerism as a prominent example. However, this example also …

Energy justice in the develo** world: a review of theoretical frameworks, key research themes and policy implications

M Lacey-Barnacle, R Robison, C Foulds - Energy for Sustainable …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Energy justice, building on foundations within both the field of environmental justice and
wider justice scholarship, has grown rapidly as a research field over recent years. However …