Coopetitive Nature of Energy Communities—The Energy Transition Context

Karolina Mucha-Kuś, Maciej Sołtysik, Krzysztof Zamasz and Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna
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Karolina Mucha-Kuś: Department of Management, WSB University, Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Maciej Sołtysik: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Częstochowa University of Technology, Armii Krajowej 17, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland
Krzysztof Zamasz: Department of Management, WSB University, Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna: Department of Management, WSB University, Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: The decentralization of the large-scale energy sector, its replacement with pro-ecological, dispersed production sources and building a citizen dimension of the energy sector are the directional objectives of the energy transformation in the European Union. Building energy self-sufficiency at a local level is possible, based on the so-called Energy Communities, which include energy clusters and energy cooperatives. Several dozen pilot projects for energy clusters have been implemented in Poland, while energy cooperatives, despite being legally sanctioned and potentially a simpler formula of operation, have not functioned in practice. This article presents the coopetitive nature of Energy Communities. The authors analysed the principles and benefits of creating Energy Communities from a regulatory and practical side. An important element of the analysis is to indicate the managerial, coopetitive nature of the strategies implemented within the Energy Communities. Their members, while operating in a competitive environment, simultaneously cooperate to achieve common benefits. On the basis of the actual data of recipients and producers, the results of simulations of benefits in the economic dimension will be presented, proving the thesis of the legitimacy of creating coopetitive structures of Energy Communities.

Keywords: energy cooperatives; coopetition; renewable energy sources; Renewable Energy Communities; management (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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