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Call for papers
(DL 31st May,
2024) to an academic workshop in Dipoli in October 2024. The event is
organised by an Academy of Finland funded project 'Digidecarbon' of Aalto
University, Finnish Environment institute (SYKE) and the University of Vaasa.
Digitalisation of energy communities: New modes of organising, business models
and transition governance
The demand side of the market, actions by citizens as consumers and
producers of to low-carbon energy now plays an increasing role in the
decarbonization of energy and built environment that are the largest carbon
polluters in the EU. The synergies between energy and digital technologies
open new opportunities for novel forms of citizen and community action. Energy
communities have a key role in enhancing acceptability, participation, and
justice in the net-zero transitions. Despite promising policy steps and
isolated positive examples, there remain challenges and paradoxes in
governance, business model development and societal organising of new types of
energy communities that call for empirical and conceptual attention.
Digitally mediated decarbon communities
project
is organising a final workshop to focus on the key aspects in community energy
development. We call for contributions including but not limited to the four
central areas in better understanding, conceptualising and supporting energy
communities in digitalized world:
Digital, physical and hybrid modes of organising energy communities: energy
community forms are diversifying, with different implications for energy
transitions, democratic engagements and social justice.
Energy community business model development: How collaborative value creation
takes place at an ecosystem level? Opportunities and limits in combining
operating logics (e.g., for profit, non-profit). Justice implications of
business models.
Transition governance related to energy communities: What is the current state
of the current policy mixes for community energy? Coherence of digitalisation
and community energy policies
Analyses of broader green and digital transitions with an import to energy
communities and citizen engagement in energy transitions
Workshop keynotes include Adrian Smith, Sampsa Hyysalo, Derk Loorbach and Eva
Heiskanen. Two-day workshop will be organised in Aalto University campus in
Helsinki on October 2nd to 3rd, 2024. To express your interest in
participating, send a 250500 word abstract to
digidecarbon@aalto.fi by 31st May. The decisions
of acceptance will be made and informed by the end of June.
In your abstract indicate whether you join the workshop in person or only
through online participation we will retain one of the session tracks for
hybrid participation.
The registration fee for the workshop is 150. The fee covers dinner, lunches
and coffees and public transit within the Helsinki region.
Based on the contributions, a special issue proposal to one of the topical
journals (e.g. Energy Policy, Energy Research and Social Science,
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions) will be considered.
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