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 …

The global renewable energy landscape is changing rapidly. Green energies reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, diversify the energy supply, and lower dependence on volatile …

Energy communities can play a key role to move towxards a low-carbon and decentralized
energy system with higher penetration of renewable energies, offering new opportunities for …

Community ownership of wind energy has been found to increase acceptance, but the
reasons for this are poorly understood. Here, we compare different communities' attitudes …

Community-based energy governance (CEG), in which citizens or communities play a
central role, has attracted sufficient attention in the context of efforts to achieve a democratic …

Background A further increase in renewable energy supply is needed to substitute fossil
fuels and combat climate change. Each energy source and respective technologies have …

Sustainable communities have been a substantial issue for urban studies worldwide.
Population ageing is a major challenge for community development considering China's …

Can the idea of civil society be helpful in the analysis of civic energy? What does the term
'civil energy society'mean? How can the tradition of civil society in social sciences translate …

This special issue considers the relationship between energy, capitalism, and space through
the lens of electricity capital. Electricity capital is the nexus of state, regulatory, and financial …