Renewable Energy Communities and the Low Carbon Energy Transition in Europe

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Trends and Observations in European Renewable Energy Communities -- 1.2 Four Observations -- 1.3 Towards Community Energy Projects as Common EU Practice -- 1.4 Renewable Energy Community Initiatives in the Light of the Revised Renewables Directive -- 1.5 Contour of the Volume -- References -- 2: "What Are Energy Communities Under the EU's Clean Energy Package?" -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Why Include Energy Communities in the CEP? -- 2.3 What Are Energy Communities Under the Clean Energy Package? -- 2.4 Principles -- 2.4.1 Legal Form -- 2.4.2 The Primary Purpose of an Energy Community -- 2.4.3 Open and Voluntary Participation -- 2.4.4 Eligibility to Be Member or Stakeholder in an Energy Community -- 2.4.5 Effective Control -- 2.4.6 Autonomy to Ensure Democratic Governance -- 2.5 What Can Energy Communities Do? -- 2.6 Emerging Challenges with the Transposition and Implementation of EU Energy Community Definitions at National Level -- 2.6.1 Delayed and or Incomplete Transposition -- 2.6.2 Lack of Awareness of the Role Energy Communities Can Play in the Energy Transition -- 2.6.3 Principles Getting Lost in Translation -- 2.6.4 Ensuring Coherence between RECs and CECs -- 2.6.5 Accommodation of Existing and New Legal Forms of Organising Energy Communities -- 2.6.6 Balancing Inclusion Against the Potential for Competitive Abuse -- 2.6.7 Accompanying Definitions with Adequate Rights and an Enabling Framework -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Community Energy in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region: From Standstill to First Steps -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Overview of Community Energy Success Factors -- 3.2.1 Contextual Factors -- 3.2.2 Policy -- 3.2.3 Project-Specific Factors.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: "What are Energy Communities Under the EU's Clean Energy Package?" -- Chapter 3: Community energy on the east side of the Baltic Sea Region: from standstill to first steps -- Chapter 4: Clean energy transition in Southeast Europe: The paradigm of Greece from a fossil fuel mediator to a community energy hub -- Chapter 5: The community energy sector in Italy; historical perspective and recent evolution -- Chapter 6: Community Energy in Germany: From Technology Pioneers to Professionalisation under Uncertainty -- Chapter 7: Support structures for renewable energy communities -- Chapter 8: Energy Communities promoting Home Energy Savings: Interventions, Theory and Results -- Chapter 9: Creating an enabling policy framework for inclusive energy communities: a gender perspective -- Chapter 10: Housing communities as low-carbon energy pioneers Experiences from the Netherlands -- Chapter 11: Conclusion. .