Statistical evidence for the contribution of citizen-led initiatives and projects to the energy transition in Europe

Autor: Valeria Jana Schwanitz, August Wierling, Heather Arghandeh Paudler, Constantin von Beck, Simon Dufner, Ingrid Knutsdotter Koren, Tobias Kraudzun, Timothy Marcroft, Lukas Mueller, Jan Pedro Zeiss

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)

Abstract Statistical accounting of the impacts of citizen-led energy initiatives is absent, despite their impact on increased energy self-sufficiency and ramping up of renewable energies, local sustainable development, greater citizen engagement, div

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The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy

Autor: August Wierling, Jan Pedro Zeiss, Veronica Lupi, Chiara Candelise, Alessandro Sciullo, Valeria Jana Schwanitz

Publikováno v: Energies, Vol 14, Iss 8, p 2258 (2021)

Energy communities (EC) are among the new actors in the energy market, playing an important role in the uptake of photovoltaics (PV) in European markets. This paper estimates their aggregate contribution to the low-carbon energy transition in terms o

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A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10000 initiatives

Autor: August Wierling, Valeria Jana Schwanitz, Jan Pedro Zeiss, Constantin von Beck, Heather Arghandeh Paudler, Ingrid Knutsdotter Koren, Tobias Kraudzun, Timothy Marcroft, Lukas Müller, Zacharias Andreadakis, Chiara Candelise, Simon Dufner, Melake Getabecha, Grete Glaase, Wit Hubert, Veronica Lupi, Sona Majidi, Shirin Mohammadi, Negar Safara Nosar, Yann Robiou du Pont, Philippa Roots, Tadeusz Józef Rudek, Alessandro Sciullo, Gayatri Sehdev, Mehran Ziaabadi, Nahid Zoubin

Publikováno v: Scientific Data
Wierling, A, Schwanitz, V J, Zeiss, J, Beck, C V, Paudler, H J A, Koren, I K, Kraudzun, T, Marcroft, T, Müller, L, Andreadakis, Z, Candelise, C, Dufner, S, Getabecha, M, Glaase, G, Hubert, W, Lupi, V, Majidi, S, Mohammadi, S, Nosar, N S, Pont, Y R D, Roots, P, Rudek, T J, Sciullo, A, Sehdev, G, Ziaabadi, M & Zoubin, N 2023, ' A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10000 initiatives ', Scientific Data, vol. 10, no. 1, 9 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01902-5
Scientific Data, 10(1):9. Nature Publishing Group

Numerous case studies show that citizens engage in various ways in renewable and low carbon energy projects, thereby contributing to the sustainable energy transition. To date, however, a systematic and cross-country database on citizen-led initiativ

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http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/103607

Business models of energy cooperatives active in the PV sector—A statistical analysis for Germany

Autor: August Wierling, Jan Pedro Zeiss, Constantin von Beck, Valeria Jana Schwanitz

Publikováno v: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. 1:e0000029

Energy markets have opened up to new actors and business models. We perform an empirical investigation of energy cooperatives (EC) investing in the photo-voltaic (PV) market. Deploying a unique database for Germany with 584 EC covering two decades of

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000029

Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective

Autor: Sophie Nyborg, Dario Padovan, Jay Sterling Gregg, Chiara Candelise, Alessandro Sciullo, Victor B. Sáenz, Osman Arrobbio, Jan Pedro Zeiss, Sarah Delvaux, Meiken Hansen, Lucia Polo-Alvarez, August Wierling, Valeria Jana Schwanitz, Winston Gilcrease

Publikováno v: Energies
Volume 13
Issue 3
Energies, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 651 (2020)
TECNALIA Publications
Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation
Gregg, J S, Nyborg, S, Hansen, M, Schwanitz, V J, Wierling, A, Zeiss, J P, Delvaux, S, Saenz, V, Polo-Alvarez, L, Candelise, C, Gilcrease, W, Arrobbio, O, Sciullo, A & Padovan, D 2020, ' Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective ', Energies, vol. 13, no. 3, 651 . https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030651

This conceptual paper applies a mobilization model to Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) in the energy sector. The goal is to synthesize aspects of sustainable transition theories with social movement theory to gain insights into how CAIs mobilize

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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2733638