In 2019 EU introduced new regulations on the energy market and frameworks for new energy initiatives by introducing the Clean Energy Package. The package aims to serve as a framework for how member states promote renewable energy, increase energy efficiency, and create a more integrated and sustainable energy market. One of the frameworks introduced is energy communities. As the trend shifts from centralized and fossil-fueled systems to decentralized systems with increasing renewable energy production, new challenges have arisen for the electrical system. These challenges require innovativeenergy solutions, such as energy communities. Energy communities are a way to provide organizational frameworks for collective energy initiatives. Energy communities involve local stakeholders connecting nearby buildings into a smaller electrical system where they can produce, share, and store energy. Enköping municipality is interested in exploring the potential of energy communities within their new urban districts called Norra Myran and Aros Park. In this thesis, the driving forces and barriers among stakeholders to initiate and operate an energy community in Norra Myran and Aros Park are studied. The selected stakeholders within the thesis are: Enköping municipality, politicians, property developers, landowners, and electricity companies. The empirical data is collected through a qualitative approach built on qualitative observations and interviews with the stakeholders. The analysis is based on the empirical data, contextualized within a theoretical framework built upon previous research on energy communities. The analysis adopts a sociotechnical approach, which involves analyzing technical, social, and legal factors. To understand the potential development paths in Enköping municipality and achieve positive outcomes, it is essential to understand how the factors within the sociotechnical system of energy communities integrate and influence each other. The thesis concludes that the driving forces and barriers among the stakeholders in Enköping to initiate and operate an energy community can be summarized in four aspects. Identified driving forces are summarized as: Energy-and innovation interest, Energy and climate goals, Renewable energy, and Active consumer. Identified barriers are summarized as: Identification of “why”, roles and responsibilities, collaboration model, and laws and regulations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-530525 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Frostvik, Anna |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, Uppsala university |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | UPTEC STS, 1650-8319 ; 24008 |
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