A Framework to Analyse Community Energy in Towns and Villages
- The article develops an analytical framework to explain the successes and failures of local community energy projects in the countryside. Theoretical elements based on ownership, technology acceptance, value chains and public opinions are developed and synthesised in two concepts: ´technical complexity` and its antagonist `social complexity`. The achievement of a mature community energy regime is explained as a continuous process of consecutive single steps in both social and technical arenas.
Author: | Conrad Kunze |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus-30875 |
Place of publication: | Cottbus |
Document Type: | Report |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2014 |
Tag: | Community Energy; Renewable Energy; Rural Development |
Number of pages: | 12 |
Series ; volume number: | Sozialwissenschaftliche Umweltfragen: Berichte & Arbeitspapiere ; 4 |
Faculty/Chair: | Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Sozialwissenschaftliche Umweltfragen |
Institution name at the time of publication: | Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik (eBTU) / LS Sozialwissenschaftliche Umweltfragen |