Transitioning to Community-owned Renewable Energy: Lessons from Germany

• DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2013.02.089
• Publication Date: 2013-03-15T21:43:03Z
• Authors: Li Wen Li; Janine Birmele; Harald Schaich; Werner Konold
• Keywords: Collective Action

Providing mature technologies and in-servicing markets are not enough to foster the public use of renewable energy for green transformation. A promising approach is help policy makers construct a model identifying developing factors that will support community-owned technology initiatives. The literature on incentives multi-actors get involved in project reveals major success socio-economic character. theory-collective action consists five integrated dimensions actors enable an understanding role of, linkages between, stakeholders community. In this study we examine implementation projects look theoretical explanations as why they important. We used case Freiamt (a rural community Black Forest, Germany), which has already achieved 100% power production from sources, analyze their motivations becoming active investing energy. shows participative bottom-up planning processes very important economic regional motives amongst relevant were dominant.