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The case study provided by Go Parity includes the case study of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed between the RES cooperative Cooperative Agricola de Mangualde (CAM) and Coopernico, and the RES crowdfunding case study Peer to Peer (P2P) lending for the Lisbon Swedish School.
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The study briefly describes the functioning of energy markets, and the concepts of energy community and aggregator and concentrates further on the benefits of a virtual energy trading platform, that could empower these actors to efficiently join the energy market(s).
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This document is a jointly-developed Policy Brief with a set of recommendations for EU policymakers on how to better harness and support social innovation for energy transitions. The Policy Brief first syntheses findings in five areas: the diversity and relevance of social innovation in energy (SIE); citizens’ perception and support of SIE; social benefits of SIE; impacts of SIE on energy transitions in Europe; and policies and institutions related to SIE. These findings ground a set of conclusions and policy recommendations for policymakers at all levels, and at the EU, national, and local levels.
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This resource is a summary and analysis of the COP26 outcomes regarding the field of energy transition and social innovation. It aims to provide some in-depth information in a short length for professionals in areas of social innovation, such as researchers, practitioners and members of local communities. In this report, we provided an overview of the background and key outcomes of COP26. The achievements and also common criticisms to COP26 are also summarized. Then, we analysed its potential impact on social innovation in the energy transition. We concluded that the renewable energy projects will witness more financial and institutional support in the future. However, social innovation are still on the way to reach a higher priority on the political agenda in the future COPs.
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