Energy Community - A common cause? Households' roles in energy sharing and cooperating in energy communities

The project is motivated by the transition to a sustainable energy system and the importance that households play in this transition. The goal is to analyse the role of households in energy communities (ECs).

Two case studies are carried out - one of an EC where the initiative is political and one where the initiative has arisen from citizens. The former is created with existing properties, while the latter is in the planning phase. An overall issue concerns households' relations to storage, sharing, use and production of energy.

Another question concerns stakeholders’ expectations of households as participants in the EC and how these expectations can be compared with households’ experience the EC’s impact on everyday practices.

We interview various stakeholders and households and carry out focus group discussions with households from the target group for the planned housing area. The results are expected to be used by the energy and housing industry and by service developers.