David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe

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Autor(a) principal: Delicado, Ana
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Pallarès-Blanch, Marta, García-Marín, Ramón, del Valle, Carolina, Prados, María-José
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/59044
Resumo: Unlike in some northern European countries, renewable energy cooperatives in Portugal, Spain and Italy are few and represent a very small share of the energy market. This article aims to understand the social, political, economic and cultural factors that affect the development of renewable energy cooperatives in southern Europe, but also the opportunities and benefits cooperatives offer over other energy providers in the energy transition. It is based on a comparative analysis of four case studies of cooperatives in Portugal, Spain and Italy, relying on document analysis, observation and interviews with cooperative representatives, complemented with legal, policy and statistical data for contextualisation. We ascertain that energy policies have favoured large utility companies and concentrated energy generation, while a lack of civic culture of participation and mistrust of cooperatives have also hindered their development. Furthermore, we show how cooperatives have unique features that make them valuable actors in energy systems: promotion of environmental and social values, local embeddedness, flexibility to diversify activities, ability to mobilise networks of similar organisations and fostering democratic governance and participation.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
title David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
spellingShingle David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
Delicado, Ana
Renewable energy
Cooperatives
Southern Europe
Energy policy
Energy transition
title_short David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
title_full David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
title_fullStr David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
title_full_unstemmed David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
title_sort David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
author Delicado, Ana
author_facet Delicado, Ana
Pallarès-Blanch, Marta
García-Marín, Ramón
del Valle, Carolina
Prados, María-José
author_role author
author2 Pallarès-Blanch, Marta
García-Marín, Ramón
del Valle, Carolina
Prados, María-José
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Delicado, Ana
Pallarès-Blanch, Marta
García-Marín, Ramón
del Valle, Carolina
Prados, María-José
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Renewable energy
Cooperatives
Southern Europe
Energy policy
Energy transition
topic Renewable energy
Cooperatives
Southern Europe
Energy policy
Energy transition
description Unlike in some northern European countries, renewable energy cooperatives in Portugal, Spain and Italy are few and represent a very small share of the energy market. This article aims to understand the social, political, economic and cultural factors that affect the development of renewable energy cooperatives in southern Europe, but also the opportunities and benefits cooperatives offer over other energy providers in the energy transition. It is based on a comparative analysis of four case studies of cooperatives in Portugal, Spain and Italy, relying on document analysis, observation and interviews with cooperative representatives, complemented with legal, policy and statistical data for contextualisation. We ascertain that energy policies have favoured large utility companies and concentrated energy generation, while a lack of civic culture of participation and mistrust of cooperatives have also hindered their development. Furthermore, we show how cooperatives have unique features that make them valuable actors in energy systems: promotion of environmental and social values, local embeddedness, flexibility to diversify activities, ability to mobilise networks of similar organisations and fostering democratic governance and participation.
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