PV Energy Communities—Challenges and Barriers from a Consumer Perspective: A Literature Review

Roberts Lazdins, Anna Mutule and Diana Zalostiba
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Roberts Lazdins: Institute of Power Engineering, Riga Technical University, Azenes Street 12/1, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
Anna Mutule: Institute of Power Engineering, Riga Technical University, Azenes Street 12/1, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia
Diana Zalostiba: Institute of Power Engineering, Riga Technical University, Azenes Street 12/1, LV-1048 Riga, Latvia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-20

Abstract: Renewable energy sources, in particular those based on solar radiation, are growing rapidly and are planned to play an instrumental role in building power systems to reach the 2030 and 2050 energy and climate mitigation objectives. However, new actors have been introduced into the energy field, highlighting the importance of the role of citizens and communities in building such energy systems. To outline the significance of citizens in the development of solar energy communities and to describe the benefits of and barriers to their implementation so far, a comprehensive literature review has been carried out based on 64 thoroughly selected, reliable scientific publications (published within 2015–2021), revealing the latest trends, technologies and research in this field. The research focuses on four consumer interest areas: policy, economic, technical and social, covering the following subsections: policy, trading model, economic assessment, business model, energy management, demand response, modelling tools and consumer adoption. Within each subsection the conducted review seeks to answer the questions related to the further development and implementation of PV energy communities, considering consumer needs and revealing the possible solutions.

Keywords: consumer; literature review local energy communities; PV; photovoltaic communities; renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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