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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Author : Arwen Colell

Published in: Alternating Current – Social Innovation in Community Energy

Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Abstract

Standing on the ferry in the spring of 2016, I watch as the island of Samsø (Danish Energy Agency) grows larger on the horizon. I am visiting an exception. As I set foot on the small island in the Kattegat, ten years have passed since the local community achieved a 100% shift to renewable energies, offsetting any remaining fossil fuel consumption with additional renewable capacities.

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Footnotes
1
Elektrizitaetswerke Schönau 2018.
 
2
ca. 88,000 EUR today, including inflation.
 
3
[sic!] I9: 113.
 
4
EWE was formally the abbreviation of Energieversorgung Weser-Ems; the company now operates exclusively under the name of EWE AG.
 
5
While initially a third party had declared interest in operations, they dropped out of the application process in early 2012 before entering the period of indicative bids.
 
6
Slogan of Fintry Development Trust, fintrydt.​org.​uk/​
 
7
Scottish government defines fuel poverty based on heating which should not account for more than 10% of the household income (Scottish Government 2017b). Poor energy efficiency is among the primary causes. On the incorporation of other energy sources and usages in this definition, see Simcock et al. 2016.
 
8
I20.
 
9
Iona is a very small island located immediately to the South West of Mull. Accessible by ferry from Mull, the island is closely tied to its larger neighbor—for example through the establishment of a joint community trust.
 
Metadata
Title
Introduction
Author
Arwen Colell
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Alternating Current – Social Innovation in Community Energy

Print ISBN: 978-3-658-32306-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-32307-3

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32307-3_1