Renewable energy cooperatives as gatekeepers or facilitators? Recent developments in Germany and a multidisciplinary research agenda

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What drives the development of community energy in Europe? The case of wind power cooperatives (2016, background): “Renewable energy (RE) cooperatives in general enable citizens to collectively own and manage RE projects at the local level [9, 10].”
Conceptualizing energy democracy (2018, background): “Yildiz et al. (2015) in turn look at the other European energy transition pioneer –”
Putting an energy system transformation into practice: The case of the German Energiewende (2016, background): “Cooperatives have experienced a boom in the energy sector, increasing from 35 in the year 2005 [33] to 635 involved in electricity and heat generation by 2013 [35].”
Explaining the Diversity of Motivations Behind Community Renewable Energy (2016, background): “Similarly, 46% of the total installed RE capacity in Germany in 2012 was owned by individuals, farmers or CRE initiatives (trend:research Gmb and Leuphana Universität; Yildiz et al., 2015).”
Responding to policy change: New business models for renewable energy cooperatives – Barriers perceived by cooperatives’ members (2017, background): “The German government has already made first steps toward this in the regulations pertaining to wind power auctions in the new REA, but RECs and their associations still regard these as insufficient.”