Developing a Business Case for a Renewable Energy Community in a Public Housing Settlement in Greece—The Case of a Student Housing and Its Challenges, Prospects and Barriers

Pantelis N. Botsaris, Paraskevi Giourka, Adamantios Papatsounis, Paraskevi Dimitriadou, Nerea Goitia-Zabaleta and Christos Patsonakis
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Pantelis N. Botsaris: Department of Production Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Vasilissis Sofias 12, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
Paraskevi Giourka: Department of Production Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Vasilissis Sofias 12, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
Adamantios Papatsounis: Department of Production Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Vasilissis Sofias 12, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
Paraskevi Dimitriadou: Department of Production Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Vasilissis Sofias 12, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
Nerea Goitia-Zabaleta: Ikerlan Technology Research Centre, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Pº J.M. Arizmendiarrieta 2, 20500 Arrasate-Mondragon, Spain
Christos Patsonakis: Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), 57001 Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-15

Abstract: Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh) has formed, under the European Project Renaissance (Renewable Integration & Sustainability in Energy Communities, HORIZON 2020, GA 824342), a virtual Renewable Energy Community (REC) in Greece located nearby Kimmeria at the northeast of the city of Xanthi, at the North-eastern Greece. The REC formed is the first energy community designed in a public housing settlement in Greece and its members are: (a) the Democritus University of Thrace, (b) the Municipality of Xanthi and (c) a local industry. DUTh’s main objective is to explore, leverage and mobilize stakeholders to apply schemes for a social group of end users (i.e., students from low-income families) in order to participate in the operation and management of a local renewable energy community, gaining also non-financial benefits. This paper presents the business case scenario and the market players evolving at an Energy Community which includes a public establishment of student residences in Greece.

Keywords: renewable energy community; social housing; smart contract (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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