Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision
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Resumo: | To fulfil the European Union's (EU) goal of providing ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans', a transformative shift from centralised, fossil-fuel based systems to decentralised systems based on renewable energy sources (RES) is envisaged. Keen to lead the clean energy transition while embedding technological innovation and elements of justice and equitability into the envisioned ‘Energy Union’, EU Member States need their citizens on board as active participants. Prosumerism or self-consumption is an important part of this citizen involvement. While the new EU regulatory framework for energy now recognises civic-inspired prosumer initiatives such as energy communities, little is known about the full range and diversity of collective actors in renewable energy self-consumption as well as how they engage with the changing energy system. This paper presents an exploratory categorisation of the different collective social actors that produce and consume energy from renewable sources, referred to as ‘collective RES prosumers’, aiming to clarify their participation in the energy landscape. We find six categories with different engagement and needs, which we relate to the EU's current framing of collective energy actors. We recommend fine-tuning policies to the different actors to support a true-to-vision transposition of the recently completed Clean Energy Package (CEP). |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy visionRenewable energy prosumerEnergy actorEnergy transitionCollective prosumerEnergy unionTo fulfil the European Union's (EU) goal of providing ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans', a transformative shift from centralised, fossil-fuel based systems to decentralised systems based on renewable energy sources (RES) is envisaged. Keen to lead the clean energy transition while embedding technological innovation and elements of justice and equitability into the envisioned ‘Energy Union’, EU Member States need their citizens on board as active participants. Prosumerism or self-consumption is an important part of this citizen involvement. While the new EU regulatory framework for energy now recognises civic-inspired prosumer initiatives such as energy communities, little is known about the full range and diversity of collective actors in renewable energy self-consumption as well as how they engage with the changing energy system. This paper presents an exploratory categorisation of the different collective social actors that produce and consume energy from renewable sources, referred to as ‘collective RES prosumers’, aiming to clarify their participation in the energy landscape. We find six categories with different engagement and needs, which we relate to the EU's current framing of collective energy actors. We recommend fine-tuning policies to the different actors to support a true-to-vision transposition of the recently completed Clean Energy Package (CEP).ElsevierRepositório da Universidade de LisboaHorstink, LankaWittmayer, Julia MNg, Kiat2021-04-19T09:58:00Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/47460engHorstink, L., Wittmayer, J. M, Ng, K. (2021). Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU’s clean energy vision. Energy Policy, Vol. 153, Article 1122620301-421510.1016/j.enpol.2021.112262info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:50:25Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/47460Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:59:30.302196Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision Horstink, Lanka Renewable energy prosumer Energy actor Energy transition Collective prosumer Energy union |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Pluralising the European energy landscape: Collective renewable energy prosumers and the EU's clean energy vision |
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Horstink, Lanka |
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Horstink, Lanka Wittmayer, Julia M Ng, Kiat |
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Wittmayer, Julia M Ng, Kiat |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Horstink, Lanka Wittmayer, Julia M Ng, Kiat |
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Renewable energy prosumer Energy actor Energy transition Collective prosumer Energy union |
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Renewable energy prosumer Energy actor Energy transition Collective prosumer Energy union |
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To fulfil the European Union's (EU) goal of providing ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans', a transformative shift from centralised, fossil-fuel based systems to decentralised systems based on renewable energy sources (RES) is envisaged. Keen to lead the clean energy transition while embedding technological innovation and elements of justice and equitability into the envisioned ‘Energy Union’, EU Member States need their citizens on board as active participants. Prosumerism or self-consumption is an important part of this citizen involvement. While the new EU regulatory framework for energy now recognises civic-inspired prosumer initiatives such as energy communities, little is known about the full range and diversity of collective actors in renewable energy self-consumption as well as how they engage with the changing energy system. This paper presents an exploratory categorisation of the different collective social actors that produce and consume energy from renewable sources, referred to as ‘collective RES prosumers’, aiming to clarify their participation in the energy landscape. We find six categories with different engagement and needs, which we relate to the EU's current framing of collective energy actors. We recommend fine-tuning policies to the different actors to support a true-to-vision transposition of the recently completed Clean Energy Package (CEP). |
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