Risk sharing, cost barriers, and heterogeneous pathways to renewable energy community participation: Survey evidence from Polish prosumers

Maksymilian Bielecki, Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska and Ewa Neska

No WORMS/26/02, WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) from Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Abstract: Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) are a key instrument of the EU's participatory energy transition, yet their uptake remains negligible in Central and Eastern Europe despite rapid prosumer growth. This study examines how Polish photovoltaic prosumers and prospective adopters (N = 969) evaluate design trade-offs embedded in alternative REC models and how these evaluations shape participation intentions. Using exploratory factor analysis, hierarchical OLS regression, and quantile regression, we identify the attitudinal structure underlying REC acceptance and capture heterogeneity across the willingness distribution. The results show that preferences for risk sharing consistently predict higher participation readiness across all motivation levels (β = 0.24, p

Keywords: Renewable Energy Community; participation intentions; quantile regression; risk sharing; prosumer behaviour; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 O33 Q42 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2026
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