Renewable energy cooperatives as gatekeepers or facilitators? Recent developments in Germany and a multidisciplinary research agenda

Ö Yildiz, J Rommel, S Debor, L Holstenkamp… - Energy Research & …, 2015 - Elsevier
… block in the energy transition in Germany, although their … paper presents an overview of
German energy cooperatives in terms of … that operate local electricity grids or local district heating …

Why some energy cooperatives diversify and others do not: A comparative case study in Bavaria

F Roth - 2019 - diva-portal.org
energy cooperatives have a high or a low level of diversification. To this end, I interviewed
board members of eight energy cooperatives in Bavaria, a state in Southern Germany, … district

[PDF][PDF] Cooperative Local Energy Transitions

C Ruppert-Winkel, J Hauber, A Aretz… - … Renewable Energy …, 2013 - researchgate.net
… of the German local and regional initiatives towards the energy … , the district of Schwäbisch
Hall has published an energy … , civic groups, and energy cooperatives, but also for policy-…

Sustainable energy communities: A study contrasting Spain and Germany

C Romero-Rubio, JR de Andrés Díaz - Energy Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
… Capital loans for energy cooperatives are mainly provided by cooperative banks. Further …
: the implementation and operation of efficient district-heating/cooling networks, production and …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical evidence on the role of energy cooperatives for the energy transition in European countries

A Wierling, VJ Schwanitz, JP Zeiß, C Bout, C Candelise… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
… counts for around 800 energy cooperatives in Germany (in this paper: … energy cooperatives
are active in the area of district heating, typically run in rural areas. Biomass-based district

Between Political Steering and Societal Self-Organization: The Emergence of Renewable Energy Cooperatives in Germany

LK Topel - 2016 - essay.utwente.nl
… For pragmatic reasons and lack of alternative since a “theoretically-informed typology of
energy cooperatives in the German context and beyond […] is generally missing from the …

Institutional relatedness and the emergence of renewable energy cooperatives in German districts

MB Punt, T Bauwens, K Frenken… - Regional Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… renewable energy cooperatives, examining all such cooperatives founded in German districts
between 2006 and 2016. The rise of the cooperative form in renewable energy production …

Energy transition and behavioural change in rural areas-The role of energy cooperatives

T Kaphengst, EK Velten - 2014 - econstor.eu
… -Grabfeld district in Northern Bavaria (Germany). Several energy cooperatives were formed
… the formation of energy cooperatives in the district. The interviews with two chairpersons of …

[HTML][HTML] Local governments supporting local energy initiatives: Lessons from the best practices of Saerbeck (Germany) and Lochem (The Netherlands)

T Hoppe, A Graf, B Warbroek, I Lammers, I Lepping - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
… or owned by local energy cooperatives, the number of which … the German public’s growing
interest in local “green” energy … in Germany, solar cooperatives make up the largest group of …

[HTML][HTML] A cooperative of their own: Gender implications on renewable energy cooperatives in Germany

I Karakislak, P Sadat-Razavi… - Energy Research & Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
… -energy nexus, this paper makes an intersectional analysis of renewable energy co-ops in
Germany to … further explain whether renewable energy co-ops in Germany are concerned with …