Community energy business model evolution: A review of solar photovoltaic developments in England
Community energy business model evolution: A review of solar photovoltaic developments in England
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社区能源商业模式的演变：英国太阳能光伏发展回顾
DOI：
10.1016/j.rser.2020.109722
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
15.9
通讯作者：
J. Nicholls
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作者：
Colin Nolden;J. Barnes;J. Nicholls
正在进行的能源系统转型过程将公民和社区置于未来能源系统的核心。迄今为止，他们的参与重点是在国家支持政策的推动下，对可再生能源装置的所有权和控制权。然而，在许多欧洲国家，此前支持部署小型可再生能源项目的政策正在被撤销。如果公民想要在新的政策环境中继续参与并取得成功，就需要社会创新和商业模式的演变。与此同时，很少有商业模式停滞不前。本文回顾了英国社区能源商业模式的演变，以深入了解补贴后社区参与能源系统的潜力。本次审查重点关注作为基石技术的社区太阳能光伏项目，识别并批评了迄今为止依次主导英国社区可再生能源的三种典型商业模式。它利用科学技术研究和交易成本经济学的见解，探讨了这些模型的驱动因素和起源以及由此产生的社区效益。展望未来并通过回顾当前活动，本文确定新的中介参与者在促进和促成新的、日益复杂的商业社区能源商业模式方面发挥着关键作用。我们认为，这标志着与过去的重大突破，并可能及时为社区参与能源系统转型提供更多机会。此外，它为一些社区提供了保持规模较小并保留其更激进潜力的可能性。
The ongoing energy system transformation process is placing citizens and communities at the heart of future energy systems. To date, their participation has focused on the ownership and control of renewable energy installations facilitated by supportive national policies. Yet across many European countries, policies that have previously supported the deployment of small-scale renewable projects are being withdrawn. Social innovation and the evolution of business models are needed if citizen participation is to continue and succeed in this new policy landscape. At the same time, few business models stand still. This paper reviews the evolution of community energy business models in England to provide insights into the potential of community participation in the energy system post subsidies. Concentrating on community solar photovoltaic projects as the cornerstone technology, this review identifies and critique three archetypal business models as sequentially dominating English community renewable energy to date. Using insights from both Science and Technology Studies and Transaction Cost Economics, it explores the drivers and origin of these models as well as resulting community benefits. Looking forwards and by reviewing current activity, this paper identifies new intermediary actors as playing a key role in facilitating and brokering new, increasingly complicated and commercial community energy business models. We argue that this marks a significant break from the past and may, in time, offer more opportunities for community participation in energy system transformation. Moreover, it offers some communities the possibility of staying small and retaining their more radical potential.
DOI：
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.008
发表时间：
2013-10-01
影响因子：
8.9
作者：
Hargreaves, Tom;Hielscher, Sabine;Smith, Adrian
通讯作者：
Smith, Adrian