The Role of Local Government in the Bottom-Up Energy Transformation of Poland on the Example of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Mirosław Struś, Daria Kostecka-Jurczyk () and Katarzyna Marak
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Mirosław Struś: Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 50-145 Wrocław, Poland
Daria Kostecka-Jurczyk: Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 50-145 Wrocław, Poland
Katarzyna Marak: Department of Economic Law, Faculty of Business and Management, Wroclaw University of Economic and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: This article focuses on the role of local government in energy transition. The aim of this article is to answer the question of whether local government authorities undertake actions aimed at the energy transformation of the region. This article is based on both literature studies and independent research. The empirical research was carried out in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, located in Southwestern Poland. This region was chosen because it experienced the negative effects of economic transformation (liquidation of the Lower Silesian Coal Basin). Two hypotheses (H1 and H2) were adopted in the article. H1 assumes that in Polish conditions, bottom-up energy transformation requires the involvement of local authorities, and they should act as both initiators and shareholders of energy cooperatives. According to H2, local authorities participate in the energy transition to a limited extent. According to the conducted surveys, there has been no investment in wind farms, hydroelectric power plants or biogas plants. Communes are not interested in large, capital-intensive investments, limiting themselves to local actions with a small spatial range and small economic significance, although they are aware of the advantages of RES.

Keywords: keyword energy cooperatives; renewable energy communities; renewable energy sources; sustainable development (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: 2023
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