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Community resources for energy transition: Implementing bioenergy villages

in Germany

Article  in  Area · May 2018

DOI: 10.1111/area.12444

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 Community resources for energy transition:
Implementing bioenergy villages in Germany
Authors:
Tim Roesler (tim.roesler@uni-marburg.de)

Citation:
Roesler, T. (2018): Community resources for energy transition. Implementing bioenergy
villages in Germany. In: Area (article in press).

Abstract:
Innovations in energy transitions are diverse. Community-led innovations have only recently
gained more attention. In the German energy transition, the community-led approach has
resulted in a growing number of innovative renewable energy projects, with prominent
examples including bioenergy villages. Although community-led innovations only constitute
a niche within the German energy regime, through the example of bioenergy villages we
can see how this approach is able to significantly change the energy regime on a local scale.
This paper explores the role of community-led actions and resources in the implementation
process of bioenergy villages in Germany, using the example of the county of Marburg-
Biedenkopf in Hesse. The conceptual background of this paper is based on the analytical
frameworks of the multi-level perspective and strategic niche management. Specifically, it
addresses the two recent critiques on the neglect of space and place as well as the neglect
of the analysis of community-based actions. Using this perspective, the paper analyses the
spatial and scalar linkages between local community-driven actions and extra-local
resources.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/area.12444
https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12444
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