Materials

Energy Literacy for Energy Communities handbook:

• Handbook SI version (.pdf)
• Handbook IT version (.pdf)
• Handbook SE version (.pdf)
• Handbook NL version (.pdf)
• Handbook DE version (.pdf)

Summary case study reports

Canvas course: here

• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report Dalby Solby (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report Energy Local (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report ERiC (.pdf)
• ​NEWCOMERS Summary case study report GENi Jesenice (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report Herbaijum (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report Project Z (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report SO EN (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report sonnen Community (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report Tzum (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Summary case study report Zuiderlicht (.pdf)
   
• Press releases
  • Press release, 1st December 2020: Our Energy launch (in English)
  • Press release, 1st December 2020: Our Energy launch (in Slovenian)
  • Press release, 1st December 2020: Our Energy launch (in Italian)

• NEWCOMERS Newsletter (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Second newsletter (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Press Kit (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS leaflet
  • NEWCOMERS leaflet EN (.pdf)
  • NEWCOMERS leaflet DE (.pdf)
  • NEWCOMERS leaflet IT (.pdf)
  • NEWCOMERS leaflet NL (.pdf)
  • NEWCOMERS leaflet SI (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS logo - horizontal (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS logo - vertical (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS short summary (.pdf)
• Other
• Energy Local Research Brief (.pdf)
• Energy Local Summary for Policy Makers (.pdf)
• NEWCOMERS Internation Workshop Summary Reporst (.pdf)
• Research Brief: Unlocking innovation at the grid edge: a regulatory proposal to extend ‘complex site’ arrangements (.pdf)

Deliverables

• D2.1 NEWCOMERS Theoretical framework DEF (.pdf)
• D2.2 NEWCOMERS Typology of new clean energy communities (.pdf)
• D2.3 NEWCOMERS Common analytical framework (.pdf)
• D3.1 NEWCOMERS Description of polycentric settings in the partner countries (.pdf)
• D3.2 NEWCOMERS Comparison of national polycentric settings in the partner countries (.pdf)
• D3.3 NEWCOMERS Energy communities in different national settings – barriers, enablers and best practices (.pdf)
• Task 4.4 NEWCOMERS Distributed energy resources and energy communities: Exploring a systems engineering view of an emerging phenomenon (.pdf)
• D4.6 NEWCOMERS Final report on clean energy community business models: emergence, operation and prospects of European case studies (.pdf)
• D5.1 NEWCOMERS Electricity consumption of members in a newly developed top-down energy community (.pdf)
• D5.2 NEWCOMERS Success of interventions to stimulate conservation behaviour and load shifting in new clean energy communities (.pdf)
• D6.1 NEWCOMERS Benefits for community members in terms of increased access to clean, secure and affordable energy
• D6.2 NEWCOMERS Potential of energy communities to increase energy literacy, attitudes, perceptions and support for the energy transition among members and the general public (.pdf)
• D6.3 NEWCOMERS Report on cross-country citizen survey
• D7.1 Comparative analysis of country-level and case study results & identification of best practices (.pdf)
• D7.1 Comparative analysis of country-level and case study results & identification of best practices - short (.pdf)
• D7.2 Synthesis of research results: New clean energy communities and polycentric governance thinking (.pdf)
• D8.2 NEWCOMERS Webpage (.pdf)
• D8.5 NEWCOMERS Newsletter (.pdf)

Academic publications based on the NEWCOMERS project:  

• Barnes, J., Hansen, P. Kamin, T., Golob, U., Musolino, M., and Nicita, A. (2022). Energy communities as demand-side innovators? Assessing the potential of European cases to reduce demand and foster flexibility. Energy Research & Social Science, 93, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102848   
• Blasch, J., van der Grijp, N.M., Petrovics, D., Palm, J., Bocken, N., Darby, S.J., Barnes, J., Hansen, P., Kamin, T., Golob, U., Andor, M., Sommer, S., Nicita, A., Musolino, M, and  Mlinarič, M. (2021). New clean energy communities in polycentric settings: Four avenues for future research. Energy Research & Social Science 82, 102276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102276   
• Kojonsaari, A.-R., and Palm, J. (2021). Distributed energy systems and energy communities under negotiation. Technology and Economics of Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy, 6, 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40866-021-00116-9   
• Lazoroska, D., Palm, J. & Bergek, A. (2021). Perceptions of participation and the role of gender for the engagement in solar energy communities in Sweden. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 11(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-021-00312-6   
• Palm, J. (2021). The transposition of energy communities into Swedish regulations: Overview and critique of emerging regulations, Energies 14, 4982. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164982   
• Palm, J. (2021). Exploring limited capacity in the grid: Actors, problems and solutions. Frontiers in Energy Research, 9:663769. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2021.663769   
• Petrovics, D., Huitema, D., and Jordan, A. (2022). Polycentric energy governance: Under what conditions do energy communities scale? Environmental Policy and Governance, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10/1002/eet.1989   
• Wahlund, M., and Palm, J. (2022) The role of energy democracy and energy citizenship for participatory energy transitions: A comprehensive review. Energy Research and Social Science, 87, 102482, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102482