TY - JOUR
T1 - A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10000 initiatives
AU - Wierling, August
AU - Schwanitz, Valeria Jana
AU - Zeiss, Jan
AU - Beck, Constantin von
AU - Paudler, Heather Jean Arghandeh
AU - Koren, Ingrid Knutsdotter
AU - Kraudzun, Tobias
AU - Marcroft, Timothy
AU - Müller, Lukas
AU - Andreadakis, Zacharias
AU - Candelise, Chiara
AU - Dufner, Simon
AU - Getabecha, Melake
AU - Glaase, Grete
AU - Hubert, Wit
AU - Lupi, Veronica
AU - Majidi, Sona
AU - Mohammadi, Shirin
AU - Nosar, Negar Safara
AU - Robiou du Pont, Yann
AU - Roots, Philippa
AU - Rudek, Tadeusz Józef
AU - Sciullo, Alessandro
AU - Sehdev, Gayatri
AU - Ziaabadi, Mehran
AU - Zoubin, Nahid
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreements No 837722 and No. 883823 (project COMETS - Collective action models for energy transition and social innovation, project EERAdata - Towards a FAIR and open data ecosystem in the low-carbon energy research community, resp.).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Numerous case studies show that citizens engage in various ways in renewable and low carbon energy projects, thereby contributing to the sustainable energy transition. To date, however, a systematic and cross-country database on citizen-led initiatives and projects is lacking. By performing a major compilation and reviewing copious data sources from websites to official registries, we provide a Europe-wide inventory with over 10,000 initiatives and 16,000 production units in 29 countries, focusing on the past 20 years. Our data allow cross-country statistical analysis, supporting the elicitation of empirical insights capable of extending beyond the perspective of single case studies. Our data also align with ongoing efforts to implement two EU Directives that aim at strengthening the active role of citizens in the energy transition. While the focus of our data collection is on Europe, the data and methodology can contribute to the global analysis of citizen-led energy action.
AB - Numerous case studies show that citizens engage in various ways in renewable and low carbon energy projects, thereby contributing to the sustainable energy transition. To date, however, a systematic and cross-country database on citizen-led initiatives and projects is lacking. By performing a major compilation and reviewing copious data sources from websites to official registries, we provide a Europe-wide inventory with over 10,000 initiatives and 16,000 production units in 29 countries, focusing on the past 20 years. Our data allow cross-country statistical analysis, supporting the elicitation of empirical insights capable of extending beyond the perspective of single case studies. Our data also align with ongoing efforts to implement two EU Directives that aim at strengthening the active role of citizens in the energy transition. While the focus of our data collection is on Europe, the data and methodology can contribute to the global analysis of citizen-led energy action.
KW - Energy and society
KW - energy supply and demand
KW - Community energy
KW - Renewable energy
KW - Power
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85145520061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41597-022-01902-5
DO - 10.1038/s41597-022-01902-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 36599860
SN - 2052-4463
VL - 10
JO - Scientific data
JF - Scientific data
IS - 1
M1 - 9
ER -