Analysing the potential of citizen-financed community renewable energy to drive Europe's low-carbon energy transition

Brauwer, Cristian Pons-Seres de; Cohen, Jed

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2020.110300

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“…The aim of the EU's efforts is to involve the local community in the energy transformation towards sustainable low-carbon energy. The authors [59] undertook the task of determining the participation of society in the energy transformation towards the RE in Europe. Surveys have shown that the society to a large extent is open to the energy transformation and wants to develop ecological energy sources.…”

Section: Opportunities For the Development Of The Re Sector In Polandmentioning

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Energy Transition in Poland—Assessment of the Renewable Energy Sector

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The topic of the article considers the functioning of the renewable energy (RE) sector in Poland. This is really important in the context of the energy transition of the national economy because it influences the creation of modern technologies and increases the competitiveness and innovation of the country. Poland is in a process of energy transition where the RE sector has been developing for two decades. The authors aimed to research the RE sector improvement possibilities in Poland, including the influence of this sector on chosen social and economic aspects. Because of this research’s aim a critical situation assessment of RE in Poland was conducted and a survey of a group of experts in this field was also involved. Legal, physical and mental determinants and their influence on RE sector were looked into. In the legal determinant context a necessity to simplify relevant legislation acts in Poland was found. Undoubtedly there is a need to improve several legal acts, including the Distance Act. In physical determinants it was found that solar, wind and biomass energy have the biggest chances for development. In the case of mental determinants the authors paid attention to the need of educating the public about using and obtaining energy. It is also important to make people aware how the RE sector influences the low emission economy positively. This will improve the creation of new jobs and reduce the emissions of harmful substances to the environment.

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Energy Transition in Poland—Assessment of the Renewable Energy Sector

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“…The FOR loop in (1) scrolls the index t from start to end; in case of over generation, the condition in ( 2) is fulfilled therefore the service capacity 𝑃 𝑖,𝑃𝑉 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣 (𝑡) is set equal to the over generation in (3); else, the service capacity is set equal to zero in (5). The PV generation is consequently updated in ( 7) by subtracting the service capacity and the model of the PV-BESS is solved in (8) to calculate the state of charge of the batteries, useful for the next loop, i.e. the time t+1.…”

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“…Citizen involvement in energy issues and ECs themselves is crucial [4]; in this sense, many efforts are today devoted to showing ordinary people how desirable it is to abandon the position of individuals who manage their own distributed generation to become part of an ENCO [5]. Along this path, studies on social acceptability [6] and institutional preconditions [7] are also underway through extensive surveys and the comprehensive analysis quantifying citizens' potential to co-finance and participate in community renewable energy initiatives across Europe [8]. ECs tend to be local communities; this is because the better adaptation to the legal and regulatory frameworks [9] and the ecosystems diversity [10], the better management of the energy needs and energy consumption as in the case of an urban neighbourhood [11] or a municipality [12], [13].…”

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A Heuristic Method to Calculate the Capacity of Residential PV-BESS in Providing Upward Flexibility Services in Energy Communities

Burgio¹,

Cimmino²,

Jasiński

et al. 2022

IEEE Access

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This paper proposes a heuristic method for calculating the capacity of a set of residential photovoltaic-battery systems in providing upward flexibility services to the grid in an energy communities framework. The proposed method has been designed to calculate the upward service capacity in a few minutes, assuming a scenario where the grid operator urgently needs an upward service in a specific area. The proposed method calculates the service capacity by exploiting the PV overgeneration and the state of charge of batteries, adopting a distributed approach. If the service capacity varies relevantly over time, a centralized approach is considered allowing the service capacity to remain constant over time. An algorithm is provided that implements the proposed heuristic method that can be easily translated into a software code and solved even in the absence of specific skills and expensive high-level computational tools, i.e. using costeffective single-board computers. The main benefits and advantages of the proposed method are due to its applicability in real-time problems and to its simplicity which makes it easy to be translated into software code and solved even in the absence of specific skills and high-level computational tools. Therefore, it is a simple and advantageous solution, especially for small energy communities. The numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method and algorithm, studying a set of four residential photovoltaic-battery systems and real input data. For this test case, the algorithm returns a flat service capacity of approximately 8 kW which remains perfectly constant for 1-hour. Lastly, the performance of the proposed heuristic method is compared with the solution of two optimization problems aiming at the same scope.

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“…Against this background, community-based renewable energy unfolding different levels of citizens’ participation and ownership of renewable projects has left the niche status and is assuming a more important role. Renewable energy projects led and financed by citizen can be also considered an innovative medium to bridge the investment gap (Pons-Seres de Brauwer and Cohen 2020 ). At time, Italy is putting efforts to establish an enabling framework for community energy in line with the EU requirements set in the Clean Energy Package.…”

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The Italian energy transition in a multilevel system: between reinforcing dynamics and institutional constraints

Nucci

Prontera

2021

Z Politikwiss

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The article analyses drivers as well as coordination mechanisms and instruments for the energy transition in Italy from a multilevel governance perspective. It addresses the structural constraints that influenced the decision-making processes and organisation of the Italian energy sector and the socio-technical challenges opened up by enhancing renewables. The current energy system is making the move from a centralised, path-dependent institutional and organisational structure to a more fragmented and pluralistic one. Renewables and decentralised patterns of production and consumption are key elements of this paradigmatic shift, which is paralleled by a multiplication of decision-making arenas and actors. These actors follow different interests, problem understandings and green growth narratives, increasing the complexity of governing the energy transition. Against this background, community-based renewable energy policy is assuming a very important role and Italy is putting efforts to establish an enabling framework in line with the requirements of the European Union. The goal of this strategy is to foster a positive link between acceptance of the energy transition and decentralised local activities. In the conclusion we address problems and barriers to new modes of governance, and discuss possible approaches to improved cooperation.

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Analysing the potential of citizen-financed community renewable energy to drive Europe's low-carbon energy transition

Abstract: Analysing the potential of citizen-financed community renewable energy to drive Europe's low-carbon energy transition.

Cited by 56 publications

References 43 publications

Energy Transition in Poland—Assessment of the Renewable Energy Sector

Energy Transition in Poland—Assessment of the Renewable Energy Sector

A Heuristic Method to Calculate the Capacity of Residential PV-BESS in Providing Upward Flexibility Services in Energy Communities

The Italian energy transition in a multilevel system: between reinforcing dynamics and institutional constraints

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