Socialres Energy Innovation Framework: a Comparative Analysis of Existing Business Models for Res Cooperative, Aggregators and Crowdfunders
Year: 2021
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The energy sector is facing a transition phase in which the development of renewable energies and a greater social participation will be two fundamental measures of this transition. Besides, the liberalization of energy markets permits new actors to be involved and to develop original business models. Based on the ongoing research activities in the frame of the H2020 European project SocialRES, aiming to close non-technological research gaps in the energy sector, this paper contributes to identify how social and environmental standpoints impact different business model in this sector. The aim is to present a framework to analyse the business models within the energy sector and to apply this framework to the analysis of three types of businesses associated with social innovation in the renewable energy sector: Cooperatives, Aggregators and Crowdfunding platforms. The results contribute to energy entrepreneurship and identify innovative attributes applied either in the supply side or in the demand side.
Authors: Lizarralde, I., Hamwi, M., Caneva, S., Wilhelm, S., Van Der Zande, D., Abi Akle, A., Samir, B., Kromrey, V., Vedel, D., Lentzen, L., Schneller, A., Hoffmann, J., Kohl, K., Doerpinghaus, J., Schmid, E., Crippa, C., Denny, E., Carroll, J., Wu, H., Regidor, M., Mulero, S., Lacoste, I., Ruiz, R., Campos, S., Otero, E., Brito Jorge, N., Onofre, F., Harder, K., Šimek, T., Leonte, D., Policarp, M.
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4286984932