The Transposition of Energy Communities into Swedish Regulations: Overview and Critique of Emerging Regulations

Palm, Jenny

doi:10.3390/en14164982

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“…An artificial differentiation, strictly focussing on a 1:1 transposition could, depending on the context, lead to potentially inefficient overlaps or competing frameworks and a plethora of different mechanisms. For instance, while we identified a high degree of integration with pre-existing legal concepts in previous research (e.g., in [19] for Ireland), the Swedish draft for an energy community framework was criticised for not clarifying the relationship between existing cooperatives and the new energy community concepts [55]. An important criterion for the chosen approach may thus include the recognition of pre-existing initiatives, with the aim of integrating these in the best way into the new frameworks [51].…”

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Are We on the Right Track? Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities in the European Union

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To accelerate the energy transition, the EU “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package aims to strengthen the involvement of end consumers in the energy market. To this end, together with so-called “active consumers” and provisions for individual and collective renewable energy self-consumption, two types of energy communities were introduced. The EU framework, however, leaves many details of the transposition process to the national level. The corresponding directives were supposed to be transposed by the end of December 2020 (recast Electricity Market Directive, defining active consumers and citizen energy communities) and by the end of June 2021 (Renewable Energy Directive, defining renewables self-consumption and renewable energy communities). In this paper, we critically discuss major developments of the transposition, including questions of the general distinction of the different concepts, governance and ownership, physical expansion, administrative barriers and the overall integration of energy communities into the energy system. The analysis builds on country case studies as well as on previous work by the authors on the status of the transposition process throughout the EU. The paper shows that the national approaches differ greatly and are at very different stages. While basic provisions are in place in most Member States to meet the fundamental EU requirements, the overall integration into the energy system and market is only partly addressed. This concerns, for instance, the analysis of system impacts of energy communities and measures that would allow and support energy system-friendly behaviour. In addition, several practical hurdles need to be overcome. These often relate to administrative requirements such as complex registration and licensing procedures, the need for the involvement of several institutions, or difficult procedures for access to relevant data. The paper concludes that discussed barriers will need to be carefully addressed if the high expectations for the role of energy communities are to be met.

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“…In research, the definition of ECs is unclear to this day, and an abundance of versions exist with minor differences in names, such as community energy (Bauwens and Devine-Wright, 2018;Brummer, 2018;Ehrtmann et al, 2021), community renewable energy (Mirzania et al, 2019;Rahmani et al, 2020), local renewable energy communities (Wagemans et al, 2019), or energy communities (Gjorgievski et al, 2021;Palm, 2021a;Papatsounis et al, 2022). The lack of one clear, universally accepted definition (Bauwens et al, 2022) (Palm, 2021b). Within Germany, the most commonly used term, citizen energy (Bürgerenergie), is equally vaguely defined.…”

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

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Palm

2023

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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 research and policy on decarbonization has been on electricity and transport systems, with less interest in the heating system. Half of the EU's final energy consumption is made up by the heating and cooling sector, making this an important sector for reducing fossil fuel consumption. This article addresses the lack of research on decarbonization of heating by answering the question, what barriers and drivers do Thermal Energy Communities (TECs) perceive when trying to enter the market and play a role in the decarbonization of heating in Germany? Eight TECs and four umbrella organizations in Germany have been interviewed about their experiences of initiating and running a TEC. The results show, amongst others, that the political support of municipalities is put forward as an essential driver and important factor for success. However, barriers for municipalities to get involved were often that they lacked expertise, capacity and financial resources. An important driver for TECs was the involvement of local experts and professionals who could support the volunteers often in charge of a TEC. The results show that TECs that included professionals had an advantage in building heating systems, as they could better address their complexity and high initial costs. Another prevalent result was the need for community engagement and citizen mobilization, which is a greater need in heating projects compared to those focusing on electricity, due to community heating systems requiring a substantial number of customers for profitability.

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“…They are mainly implemented by renewable energy communities that have been developing in many countries for many years. They are particularly popular in Germany [10,11], Denmark [12], Austria [13], Sweden [14] and in Switzerland (EnergieSchweiz, 2019 [15]). They function in various legal forms, such as energy cooperatives, foundations and associations.…”

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The Role of Local Government in the Bottom-Up Energy Transformation of Poland on the Example of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship

2023

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This article focuses on the role of local government in energy transition. The aim of this article is to answer the question of whether local government authorities undertake actions aimed at the energy transformation of the region. This article is based on both literature studies and independent research. The empirical research was carried out in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, located in Southwestern Poland. This region was chosen because it experienced the negative effects of economic transformation (liquidation of the Lower Silesian Coal Basin). Two hypotheses (H1 and H2) were adopted in the article. H1 assumes that in Polish conditions, bottom-up energy transformation requires the involvement of local authorities, and they should act as both initiators and shareholders of energy cooperatives. According to H2, local authorities participate in the energy transition to a limited extent. According to the conducted surveys, there has been no investment in wind farms, hydroelectric power plants or biogas plants. Communes are not interested in large, capital-intensive investments, limiting themselves to local actions with a small spatial range and small economic significance, although they are aware of the advantages of RES.

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The Transposition of Energy Communities into Swedish Regulations: Overview and Critique of Emerging Regulations

Cited by 25 publications

References 37 publications

Are We on the Right Track? Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities in the European Union

Are We on the Right Track? Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities in the European Union

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

The Role of Local Government in the Bottom-Up Energy Transformation of Poland on the Example of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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