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Alternating Current – Social Innovation in Community Energy

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  1. Arwen Colell

    1. Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-33

  3. Theory and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-36
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    2. Community Energy and Power

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      Pages 37-59

    3. Biographies of Social Innovation and Resource Mobilization

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      Pages 61-72

    4. Research Design and Methods

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      Pages 73-100

  4. Innovation Biographies of Community Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Energy Rebellion in the Black Forest

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      Pages 103-129

    3. Islands: Samsø and Mull

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      Pages 131-163

    4. An Unlikely Couple: Fintry and Oldenburg

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      Pages 165-193

  5. Resource Mobilization in Community Energy Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-197
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    2. Emergence and Establishment: Harnessing Organizational and Symbolic Resources

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      Pages 199-219

    3. Maintenance: Growing Relevance of Financial Resources

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      Pages 221-235

    4. Challenges: Returning to Shared Symbols

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      Pages 237-253

  6. Social Innovation in Community Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. Key Findings

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      Pages 257-282

    3. Discussion: Who gets what, when, and how?

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      Pages 283-298

    4. Conclusion

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      Pages 299-302

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 303-353
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About this book

Community energy projects give their own answers to the challenges of energy system change: They are social innovations. By building new relations between local economies, communities and technical infrastructures, these projects not only change the energy system but also respective power structures. Drawing on case studies from Germany, Denmark and Scotland, this book shows the importance of community ties, and shared symbols for successful processes of transformation and develops recommendations for policy decision-makers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Berlin, Germany

    Arwen Colell

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About the author

Arwen Colell is an energy policy specialist with industry experience in renewable electricity generation and electric driving. Her current work focuses on the science-policy interface of climate politics for the energy and mobility transformation. Her research on social innovations in community energy received the Bavarian Energy Award in 2020.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alternating Current – Social Innovation in Community Energy

  • Authors: Arwen Colell

  • Series Title: Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32307-3

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-32306-6Published: 11 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-32307-3Published: 10 May 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2626-2827

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-2835

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 353

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Policy, European Politics, Environmental Policy

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