[HTML][HTML] Conceptual design of energy market topologies for communities and their practical applications in EU: A comparison of three case studies

E Neska, A Kowalska-Pyzalska - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Today several trends, such as liberalization, decarbonization, renewable energy sources
(RES) growth, electrification, and digitalization, are putting more and more pressure on the …

Mapping of Energy Community Development in Europe: State of the Art and Research Directions

R Roberto, G Ferruzzi, V Negro, M Noussan - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Within the framework of defining a new energy paradigm to address climate change and
other global challenges, the energy community model is gaining interest in several …

[HTML][HTML] Can renewable energy communities enable a just energy transition? Exploring alignment between stakeholder motivations and needs and EU policy in Latvia …

K Standal, MD Leiren, I Alonso, I Azevedo… - Energy Research & …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a response to societal polarisation and mobilisation against the clean energy transition
and renewable energy projects, policy makers at EU level have put focus on renewable …

Optimal battery energy storage system scheduling within renewable energy communities

G Talluri, GM Lozito, F Grasso, C Iturrino Garcia… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work, a strategy for scheduling a battery energy storage system (BESS) in a
renewable energy community (REC) is proposed. RECs have been defined at EU level by …

Legal provisions and market conditions for energy communities in Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Turkey: A comparative assessment

ME Biresselioglu, SA Limoncuoglu, MH Demir, J Reichl… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Climate Pact and the European Green Deal constitute the main components of the
European Union (EU)'s climate change policy. Energy transition, that is, transformation to a …

Community cooperative: A new legal form for enhancing social capital for the development of renewable energy communities in Italy

A Grignani, M Gozzellino, A Sciullo, D Padovan - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the suitability of the community cooperatives (CC) model for the
implementation of renewable energy communities (REC), as prescribed by art. 22 of EU …

Transposition of European guidelines for energy communities into Austrian law: A comparison and discussion of issues and positive aspects

B Fina, H Fechner - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Renewable Energy Directive and the Electricity Market Directive, both parts of the Clean
Energy for all Europeans Package (issued in 2019), provide supranational rules for …

More than innovativeness: Comparing residents' motivations for participating renewable energy communities in different innovation segments

J Wang, F Liu, L Li, J Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy communities (RECs) are energy innovations that promote the
consumption of renewable energy in residential sectors and reduce fossil energy …

[HTML][HTML] Photovoltaic-green roof energy communities can uphold the European Green Deal: Probabilistic cost-benefit analyses help discern economically convenient …

FC Torres, JB Almenar, B Rugani - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The new roadmap of the European Union (EU), the European Green Deal, aims at tackling
climate adaptation, energy, biodiversity, and pollution challenges. To contribute to such aim …

The role of thermal energy communities in Germany's heating transition

K Hartmann, J Palm - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A rapid decarbonization of the energy sector is key for mitigating climate change and in this
transformation a transition to renewable heating is essential. To date, most attention in both …