Energy communities: Accelerators of the decentralised energy transition
How digital technologies can help us establish new roles for energy communities in the energy system of the future
Abstract
With the Clean Energy Package, the EU has created a legal framework that strengthens the activities and rights of consumers and communities in the energy sector at the local level so that they can engage in inno- vative business fields such as aggregation, regional electricity (guarantees of origin), peer-to-peer energy trading, energy sharing and flexibility trading in the energy market. However, the development of energy communities in general is not new; in many cases, these communities already exist in the form of producer associations, virtual power plants and neighbourhood concepts. The definition of energy communities cho- sen in this analysis goes beyond the EU specifications, and includes all groups of individual actors who voluntarily accept certain rules in order to act together in the energy sector to pursue a common goal.Authors
Babilon, Linda ; Battaglia, Manuel ; Robers, Moritz ; Degel, Melanie; Ludwig, KatrinFields of research
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Title
Energy communities: Accelerators of the decentralised energy transition
How digital technologies can help us establish new roles for energy communities in the energy system of the future
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Year of publication
2022
Document type
Grey Literature/Report