Abstract The advantages of Energy Communities (ECs) range from giving energy end-
consumers an active role in the energy market to the increase of renewable energy sources …

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 …

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 …

Due to a spatial turn in the socio-technical transition literature, the geography of energy
transitions has recently been taken increasingly seriously, leading to burgeoning research …

The number and importance of renewable energy communities (RECs) are increasing in all
European countries due to the support of EU and national policies in order to foster the …

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 …

This paper investigates two transition initiatives at the local level–namely the reconversion of
the Porto Marghera and Gela refineries into biorefineries for second-generation biofuels …

Despite the abundance of natural resources in many low-income countries, energy
accessibility remains a significant challenge for millions of people around the globe …

The way in which we produce and consume energy has profound implications for our
societies. How we configure our energy systems determines not only our chances of …

There is increasing evidence that the energy transition incorporates new types of
inequalities for different types of energy consumers. In many places, detached dwellings are …