Abstract Fostered by the European Union and governments worldwide, Energy
Communities are promising measures aimed at promoting local energy generation and …

Recently, there has been an ongoing global debate on the issues of energy safety, energy
autonomy, and energy alleviation policies in developed and developing countries. The …

With the advent of smart cities, residential consumers have evolved towards the concept of
prosumers. This paradigm calls for new businesses like energy communities. Energy …

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

Renewable energy communities (RECs) are prominent initiatives to provide end consumers
an active role in the energy sector, raise awareness on the importance of renewable energy …

This paper proposes an energy sharing method for collective self-consumption called virtual
net-billing. The proposed method enables the members of an energy community to fairly …

In this paper we propose an innovative multi-objective methodology to optimally size and
operate an Energy Community under social, environmental, and economic considerations …

To reduce CO 2 emissions, the European Commission aims at having 100 Positive Energy
Districts (PEDs) planned, developed or established by 2025. A PED annually exports more …

In the present context of evolution of the power and energy systems, more flexibility is
required on the generation and demand side, to cope with the increasing uncertainty mostly …

Abstract Based on the European Directive, the Italian Government has recently published
the technical rules for accessing the service for valorizations and incentivizing shared …