Bausteine der Energiewende – Einführung, Übersicht und Ausblick

Kühne, Olaf; Weber, Florian

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19509-0_1

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“…Genossenschaften werden im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs als prägnantes Beispiel für eine soziale Innovation genannt, die neue Formen des kooperativen Handelns im Energiesektor ermöglicht und zur Etablierung von geeigneten Governance-Strukturen für die Umsetzung von potenziell konfliktträchtigen Energieprojekten beitragen kann Moss et al 2013; (Bruns 2016;Kühne & Weber 2018). Bis in die 1980er Jahre war der Energiesektor nahezu vollständig auf eine fossilnukleare Energieversorgung ausgelegt.…”

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Energy cooperatives in Germany – an example of successful alternative economies?

Klagge

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2018

Local Environment

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Because of their democratic governance and value-driven approach cooperatives are often regarded as a prime example for alternative economies and contributing to (more) equitable economic development. Furthermore, they theoretically combine production and consumption and are often regionally-oriented. The recent boom of German renewable-energy cooperatives provides an interesting example of how cooperatives can also make an important contribution to sustainable development, here the German energy transition, and its social acceptance. The paper will first show how a specific regulatory environment supported this development and then analyse how German energy cooperatives cope with legal changes leading to less favourable institutional conditions. Based on a comprehensive survey, we examine whether they can, apart from their legal form, be regarded as alternative economies. Our analysis is guided by a set of criteria derived from Gibson-Graham's diverse-economies framework, including voluntary and paid work, (origin of) borrowed capital, size and structure of membership, business goals and strategies, especially after the legal changes, as well as regional orientation. We will show how different categories of German energy cooperatives differ with regard to their business models, alternative-economy characteristics and coping strategies. The future development of energy cooperatives in Germany will very likely be as diverse as their recent history, thus illustrating the diversity of alternative-economy organisations as stipulated by Gibson-Graham. Most of them, however, deal with the new regulatory environment pro-actively and are developing business models, which are independent from public support and might lead to new cooperative strategies at the shifting interfaces between state, market and civil society.

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Energy cooperatives in Germany – an example of successful alternative economies?

Klagge

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2018

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“…The new system provides for reliance on renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and energy demand management. Researchers at the University of Tübingen, Olaf Kuhne and Florian Weber, in their work "Building Energy Transition Building Blocks", call the energy transition "one of the major political, planning and social challenges of the last few years and one of the coming decades" (Kühne & Weber, 2017).…”

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Problem statement. The triangle of sustainable development "economy -ecology -society" needs a powerful media component that would ensure a balanced interaction of the society, government and business structures in the implementation of green technol-ogies. Their implementation requires public support and political legitimacy, which is usually achieved by getting on the "news agenda" and maintaining a consistently high level of media presentation. The transition to renewable energy in most countries is accompanied by opposition from traditional business and certain political circles, and, therefore, requires public discus-

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