Community Models for the Energy Transition through Social Innovation

  • Gregg, Jay Sterling (Project Manager)
  • Bolwig, Simon (Project Participant)
  • Nyborg, Sophie (Project Participant)
  • Hansen, Meiken (Project Participant)

Project Details

Description

COMETS aims to fill the knowledge and participatory gaps surrounding the low carbon energy system transition to ensure citizens are at the center of the transformation and empower their creative potential. COMETS will advance the scientific knowledge on the motives, potential, objectives and barriers of socially innovative Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) and their historical and future role in the energy transition. This will be achieved by quantifying the European-wide aggregate contribution of CAIs (e.g. energy communities, cooperatives, purchasing groups) to the energy transition at national and European levels. The information gathered and tested throughout the project will help to co-develop and test supportive tools together with CAI members, policy makers and the scientific community. These stakeholders will then be able to exploit the main outputs of COMETS in order to mobilize people and to guarantee acceptance for and participation in the energy transition process.

Layman's description

COMETS will explore the role of collective action (e.g., grassroots organizations, co-ops, collective ownership) in developing more sustainable energy
AcronymCOMETS
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/05/201902/05/2022

Collaborative partners

  • Technical University of Denmark
  • University of Turin (lead)
  • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • Flemish Institute for Technological Research
  • Tartu Regional Energy Agency
  • Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • TECNALIA
  • Bocconi University
  • Ecolise
  • European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute
  • European Crowdfunding Network

Keywords

  • collective action
  • Renewable energy
  • co-operation
  • Social impact assessment
  • community
  • social cohesion
  • stakeholder workshop
  • consortium benchmarking

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