• Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective 

      Gregg, Jay; Nyborg, Sophie; Hansen, Meiken; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Wierling, August Hubert; Zeiss, Jan Pedro; Delvaux, Sarah; Saenz, Victor; Polo-Alvarez, Lucia; Candelise, Chiara; Gilcrease, Winston; Arrobbio, Osman; Sciullo, Alessandro; Padovan, Dario (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This conceptual paper applies a mobilization model to Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) in the energy sector. The goal is to synthesize aspects of sustainable transition theories with social movement theory to gain ...
    • The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy 

      Wierling, August Hubert; Zeiss, Jan Pedro; Lupi, Veronica; Candelise, Chiara; Sciullo, Alessandro; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Energy communities (EC) are among the new actors in the energy market, playing an important role in the uptake of photovoltaics (PV) in European markets. This paper estimates their aggregate contribution to the low-carbon ...
    • The Development of Citizen-Installed Renewable Energy Capacities in Former Eastern Bloc Countries—The Case of Poland 

      Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Rudek, Tadeusz Józef; Hubert, Wit; Wierling, August Hubert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We confront empirical data on citizen-led renewable energy capacities in Poland with results obtained from a meta-theoretical, empirical analysis of the national energy system. We elicit and rank essential disabling and ...
    • FAIR Metadata Standards for Low Carbon Energy Research—A Review of Practices and How to Advance 

      Wierling, August Hubert; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Altinci, Sebnem; Balazinska, Maria; Barber, Michael J.; Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe; Burger-Scheidlin, Christopher; Celino, Massimo; Demir, Muhittin Hakan; Dennis, Richard; Dintzner, Nicolas; el Gammal, Adel; Fernández-Peruchena, Carlos M.; Gilcrease, Winston; Gładysz, Pawel; Hoyer-Klick, Carsten; Joshi, Kevin; Kruczek, Mariusz; Lacroix, David; Markowska, Malgorzata; Mayo-Garcia, Rafael; Morrison, Robbie; Paier, Manfred; Peronato, Giuseppe; Ramakrishnan, Mahendranath; Reid, Janeita; Sciullo, Alessandro; Solak, Berfu; Suna, Demet; Suess, Wolfgang; Unger, Astrid; Fernandez Vanoni, Maria Luisa; Vasiljevic, Nikola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) have been put forward to guide optimal sharing of data. The potential for industrial and social innovation is vast. Domain-specific ...
    • Growth and economic performance of the Norwegian wind power industry and some aspects of the Nordic electricity market 

      Idsø, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Electricity has been produced in Norway in hydropower plants since 1877. The first wind power plant was put into operation in 1986. The growth in wind power production was weak in the first years after the turn of the ...