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The experts of the Social PV Working Group of the ETIP PV with contributions from the Reliability and Circularity Working Group developed this publication. The white paper provides a set of recommendations to increase support, fund research and innovation, and engage with stakeholders and policymakers.
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This deliverable presents a treatment of existing and emerging ideas of citizenship in the energy system and around energy more generally. An analysis of modes of (citizen) participation and related manifestations of energy citizenship is forwarded. This report – the first of two on characterizing and (re)conceptualizing expressions of energy citizenship – will both contribute to the ongoing discourse on the place of the citizen in the energy domain, and feed into the development of an energy citizenship typology to be presented in the second report from this package of work. Acknowledging that privilege(s) shape the type of relationships particular individuals and groups might have with energy, this report opens a discussion on the type(s) of energy citizenship experienced by those at the margins. In this way, an understanding of multiple (sometime overlapping) expressions of citizenship around energy is forwarded. This report will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners interesting in transforming the currently energy system (and its implications) for the way we live our lives.
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Project GRETA is studying energy communities in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Citizens in these communities will adopt renewable energy technologies and electric vehicles, monitor their efficient energy behaviours, and participate in the sustainable planning of mobility.
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The case study provided by Go Parity includes the case study of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed between the RES cooperative Cooperative Agricola de Mangualde (CAM) and Coopernico, and the RES crowdfunding case study Peer to Peer (P2P) lending for the Lisbon Swedish School.
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The case studies provided by Lake Constance Fundation include a cluster of German citizen energy cooperatives in Baden-Württemberg. Two examples of energy cooperatives are the Bioenergy Villages and Bürgerenergie Bodensee (Civil energy cooperatives at Lake Constance).
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The study briefly describes the functioning of energy markets, and the concepts of energy community and aggregator and concentrates further on the benefits of a virtual energy trading platform, that could empower these actors to efficiently join the energy market(s).
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This document is a jointly-developed Policy Brief with a set of recommendations for EU policymakers on how to better harness and support social innovation for energy transitions. The Policy Brief first syntheses findings in five areas: the diversity and relevance of social innovation in energy (SIE); citizens’ perception and support of SIE; social benefits of SIE; impacts of SIE on energy transitions in Europe; and policies and institutions related to SIE. These findings ground a set of conclusions and policy recommendations for policymakers at all levels, and at the EU, national, and local levels.
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