How Can We Frame Energy Communities’ Organisational Models? Insights from the Research ‘Community Energy Map’ in the Italian Context
Lorenzo De Vidovich (lorenzoraimondo.devidovich@dispes.units.it),
Luca Tricarico and
Matteo Zulianello
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Lorenzo De Vidovich: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Luca Tricarico: Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Sostenibile, IRCRES CNR, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Rome, Italy
Matteo Zulianello: RSE S.p.A, Ricerca Sistema Energetico, Via R. Rubattino 54, 20134 Milan, Italy
Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-25
Abstract:
According to the early transposition of the EU directives by the Italian government, this paper presents some of the outcomes of the qualitative-led applied research titled Community Energy Map , aimed at identifying the main operational models and organisational frameworks put in place for the development of renewable energy communities (RECs). In this respect, the article discusses a threefold subdivision of organisational models to implement RECs: public lead, pluralist, and community energy builders’ model. Furthermore, the paper illustrates in detail three of the nine case studies dedicated to recently launched RECs, conducted through qualitative fieldworks, to investigate the social and local implications generated by these community-led initiatives. The article stresses the relevance of both the local scale and community-led initiatives in the pathway towards a fair and just energy transition, by discussing how RECs define new organisational models of distributed energy systems.
Keywords: renewable energy communities; energy community; sustainability; open sustainable innovation; sustainable energy; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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