WHAT ARE ENERGY COMMUNITIES? An energy community is an association of citizens, organisations and companies that produce and consume energy obtained from renewable sources on a shared basis. This makes it possible to restructure current energy systems, aid the decentralisation of energy and encourage ...
Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston that has a population of about 50,000, has established a committee to explore ways to bring renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy to the city. The Medford Clean Energy Committee has embarked upon a dual approach to this goal: ...
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Through closer cooperation in areas such as green infrastructure, renewable energy, eco- friendly transport, and sustainable finance, all parties work together to broaden consensus and take concrete steps towards green development. The ultimate goal is to establish a resource-efficient, eco-conscious an...
Nina Skorupska, chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) We are delighted that the government is really serious about helping ordinary people become active participants in the energy economy. People are beginning to rethink energy, seeing that it doesn’t have to be expensive and...
Community energy projects take a decentralized and participatory approach to low-carbon energy. Here we present a quantitative analysis of business models, financing mechanisms and financial performance of UK community energy projects, based on a new sur
Community initiatives for renewable energy are emerging across Europe but with varying numbers, success rates and strategies. A literature overview identifies structural, strategic and biophysical conditions for community success. Our analysis focuses on institutional structure, as we describe the variety bet...
摘要: Solving energy issues requires integrated solution 关键词: Community energy Renewable energy Sustainable energy Grassroots innovation Strategic niche management theory Multi-level perspective 被引量: 15 年份: 2016 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 ...
In this context, one of the available solutions to the current energy crisis could be the implementation of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) to support the European dual transition targets. The idea of an energy community is still being defined in the literature and from a legislative ...
The used EC provides a testing ground that has both renewable and non-renewable energy sources in an attempt to exemplify how Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) can be integrated into the workings of the community. Our contributions can be described as follows: The development of an Energy ...