Although there is wide recognition of the importance of entrepreneurship for generating
societal impact, entrepreneurial activities alone rarely achieve a positive impact without the …

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 …

Energy models are used to inform and support decisions within the transition to climate
neutrality. In recent years, such models have been criticised for being overly techno-centred …

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 …

In many European countries, renewable energy has evolved through decentralised and
small-scale forms of organisation. These different initiatives are often denominated as …

Renewable energy communities, first outlined in the European Directives and recently
transposed into the Italian regulatory framework, are introduced as innovative entities …

In calls for transition to a society in which energy production is based on renewable sources,
a fundamental role is increasingly assigned to so-called'energy communities'. The …

In a challenging environment, renewable energy (RE) entrepreneurs promote and
encourage the enactment of new technologies and concepts, but they face several hurdles …

The role of civic participation in issues directly or indirectly related to environmental quality is
reputed to be on the rise globally. Bottom-up grassroots movements can be conducive to …

Energy storage is a key technology required to manage intermittent or variable renewable
energy, such as wind or solar energy. In this paper a concept of an energy storage based on …