The following list is not a comprehensive overview of all existing publications and research projects, but aims at highlighting work done by network members. Links to other webpages may quickly be outdated – any hints are welcome!

Publications

(More to follow.)

Research Projects

In the following, we present some projects which we think have been and are important for research on community energy and which members of the international network are involved in.

[European Research Projects]
National Research Projects and Programmes: [DE] [UK]

European Research Projects

Several European research projects have dealt and deal with community energy. In the following, we will highlight some of them:

[Co-Power] [REScoop & successors]

• Community Power (Co-Power) project [2013-2016], https://www.communitypower.eu/en/
• REScoop 20-20-20 [2012-2015], https://www.communitypower.eu/en/

REScoop 20-20-20 and successor projects

In 2012, the REScoop 20-20-20 project started. Research was funded under the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme. The project has led to the creation of REScoop.eu, the European foundation of renewable energy cooperatives. Since then, REScoop.eu and/or its members have been actively promoting various international (applied) research consortia.

• REScoop.eu websites, https://www.rescoop.eu/
• IEE project description of REScoop 20-20-20 [2021-2015], https://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/en/projects/rescoop-20-20-20
• REScoop.eu-supported research projects, https://www.rescoop.eu/european-projects

National Research Projects and Programmes

Germany

In Germany, there have been and are several different funding streams under which research on community energy is supported financially. Generally, there are three different levels of support for research in this area (Holstenkamp, 2018):

1. National support, most importantly by federal ministries, but also some foundations;
2. Support on the level of federal states (Bundesländer);
3. Funding of German partners in international research consortia, especially funded by the European Union and in the context of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

In the following, we will highlight some of the programmes and projects, that include research on community energy:

[SINTEG & Kopernikus] [Energy Transition & Society] [SÖF Transformation Energy System]

Large Clusters: SINTEG (BMWi) & Kopernikus (BMBF)

(More to follow on SINTEG and Kopernikus programmes)

Energy Transition & Society (BMWi)

Research programme “Energy Transition and Society” funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) within the 7th Energy Research Programme of the Federal Government:

• Benefits [2020-2022]

Transformation of the Energy System (BMBF/SÖF)

Research programme “Environmentally and Socially Compatible Transformation of the Energy System” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the social-ecological research [Sozial-Ökologische Forschung, SÖF] funding measure:

• Overview of all projects (in German only): http://www.transformation-des-energiesystems.de/
• enEEbler – Employee Engagement for Renewable Energy [2013-2016]: http://www.eneebler.de/english/
• Klima-Citoyen – Climate Residents. New Roles, Chances and Responsibilities of Citizens in the Transformation of the Energy System [2013-2016]: https://www.ioew.de/en/project-single/climate_residents_new_roles_chances_and_responsibilities_of_citizens_in_the_transformation_of_the_e
• EnGeno – Transformation Potentials of Energy Cooperatives [2013-2017] (in German only): http://engeno.net/

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)

(More to follow.)