Energy Citizenship in New Energy Concepts

Authors: Mark van Wees (AUAS), Beatriz Pineda Revilla (AUAS), Helena Fitzgerald (University of Limerick), Dirk Ahlers (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Natalia Romero (Technical University Delft), Beril Alpagut (Demir Energy), Joke Kort (TNO), Cyril Tjahja (Hanze University of Applied Sciences), Gabi Kaiser (SEZ), Viktoria Blessing (SEZ), Lia Patricio (INESC TEC), Sander Smit (R2M Solution)

Journal: MDPI environmental sciences proceedings

Status: published

Publication date: 8 December 2021

Abstract:

It is assumed by the projects demonstrating Positive Energy District (PED) concepts in cities across Europe that citizens should want and need to be involved in the development of new energy concepts, such as PEDs for these concepts to be deployed successfully. Six different PED research and innovation projects are investigating the types and expectations of citizen engagement. They evaluate the impact of energy citizenship on the success of PED deployment across Europe.