Projekt: Energy cooperatives and local ownership...

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Energy cooperatives and local ownership in the field of renewable energy technologies as social innovation processes in the energy system
Beschreibung: With rising concerns over ecological sustainability as well as security of supply, the energy system has over the last years come under increasing pressure and various efforts have been made aiming at a transformation towards more sustainable systems of energy provision. At the grassroots level this has included the establishment of energy cooperatives and other forms of local or community based ownership of renewable energy technologies. These initiatives and organisations can be viewed as a social innovation introducing new forms of socio-economic organisation of energy provision and also enabling a specific kind of governance process in the energy sector – in many cases channelling the interests of ‘green’ consumers and thereby attempting to contribute to a transformation process in the energy system. The project at hand investigates how actor roles, resources and strategies as well as institutional frameworks relevant to energy cooperatives and similar forms of local ownership in the area of renewable energy technologies have developed over the last years. The main focus will be on activities in Austria and Germany, though the project will also include a literature-based comparison to other European countries. By thus examining development processes in different countries and looking at ways in which these activities relate to the mainstream regime of energy provision, the project will aim to critically assess the potential of energy cooperatives and local ownership of renewable energy technologies to contribute to a shift to more sustainable systems of energy provision. Furthermore an outlook on future development potentials in the area of energy cooperatives in Austria and Germany will be provided.
Schlagworte: sustainability, Energie, energy technology
Kurztitel: n.a.
Zeitraum: 01.02.2010 - 01.01.2012
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Anna Schreuer
Anna.Schreuer@aau.at
Forschungsaktivitäten
zur Visitenkarte
(intern)
  • Kontaktperson
  • Projektleiter/in
  • 01.02.2010 - 01.01.2012
  • 01.02.2010 - 01.01.2012

Zuordnung
Organisationseinheit
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften
  Institut für Technik- und Wissenschaftsforschung
B07b (LS) / Universitätsstraße 65-67
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Österreich
   andrea.lassnig@aau.at
https://www.aau.at/sts/
zur Organisation

Kategorisierung
Projekttyp laufender Arbeitsschwerpunkt
Förderungstyp Sonstiger
Forschungstyp
  • Grundlagenforschung
Sachgebiete
  • 5425 - Umweltsoziologie *
  • 5350 - Innovationsforschung *
  • 2959 - Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften (4924, 5368) *
  • 5431 - Techniksoziologie (2963) *
Forschungscluster
  • Nachhaltigkeit
Genderrelevanz 10%
Projektfokus
  • Science to Science (Qualitätsindikator: n.a.)
Klassifikationsraster der zugeordneten Organisationseinheiten:
Arbeitsgruppen Keine Arbeitsgruppe ausgewählt

Finanzierung
Keine Förderprogramme vorhanden

Kooperationen
Organisation Adresse
RiCC - Forschungsinstitut für Kooperationen und Genossenschaften, WU Wien
Welthandelsplatz 1
1190 Wien
Österreich
Welthandelsplatz 1
AT - 1190  Wien