About the authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Exploring the Smart Cities - Energy Communities Nexus: Issues and Challenges
Maciej M. Sokolowski and Anna Visvizi
Part I The Smart Cities - Energy Communities Nexus
Chapter 2 Energy Communities in Smart Urban Ecosystems: Institutional, Organisational, Psychological, Technological Issues
Anita De Franco, Stefano Moroni, and Roberto De Lotto
Chapter 3 Exploring Tensions in Urban Energy Communities
Eeva-Lotta Apajalahti, Salvatore Ruggiero, Jani Lukkarinen, and Senja Laakso
Chapter 4 Energy Companies, Energy Communities, and Smart Cities
Daniela Aguilar Abaunza
Chapter 5 Sustainable Urban Industrial Areas through Energy Communities
Maria Rosaria Sessa, Ornella Malandrino, Benedetta Esposito, Daniela Sica, and Mario Testa
Chapter 6 Energy Management in Energy Communities
Graeme Stuart and Leticia Ozawa-Meida
Chapter 7 Smart Energy Solutions: Two-Way Energy Information Exchange between Utility Companies amd Prosumers
Mohamad Kashef, Orlando Troisi, and Anna Visvizi
Part II The Legal Perspective to Energy Communities
Chapter 8 Smart Energy Communities and Financial Support under EU and State Law and Policies
Theodoros G. Iliopoulos
Chapter 9 Energy Communities and the State Aid Rules
Magdalena Porzezynska
Chapter 10 Coop-Production of Heat and Power: CHP in Cogenatives and Cogenmunities (Co-CHPs)
Maciej M. Sokolowski and Marc A. Rosen
Chapter 11 Energy Efficiency as a Tool for Energy Poverty Reduction: A Legal Perspective
Maira Tito, Tiago de Melo Cartaxo, Caroline de Lima Ferraz, Nevin Alija, and Maria Manuel Meruje
Chapter 12 The Essential Elements of the Regulatory Frameworks Governing Renewable Energy Communities: A Comparative Analysis
Hao Zhang
Chapter 13 Electricity Storage in Energy Communities: Regulatory and Policy-Making Considerations
Anton Ming-Zhi Gao and Yash Chawla
Part III Case Studies
Chapter 14 Personal Data Protection Issues in the Context of Smart Cities Solutions
Fumio Shimpo and Piotr Mikusek
Chapter 15 Enablers and Constraints to Energy Communities: Lessons for Energy Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrew Emmanuel Okem and Debora Ley
Chapter 16 Planning a Low-Carbon City in a High-Carbon State: The Case of Edmonton, Alberta
Sonak Patel and John R. Parkins
Chapter 17 Smart Energy Networks, Decarbonization and Public Utility Infrastructure Resilience: The Case of Japan
Shinichi Kusanagi
Chapter 18 Exploring the Role of Energy Communities in Facilitating a Just Energy Transition and Smart City Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon and Mmabatho Mongae
Chapter 19 Towards Localised Green Technologies and the Emergence of Energy Communities: The Case of South Africa
Sibusiso Nxumalo and Danford Chibvongodze
Chapter 20 Fighting Energy Poverty through Local Energy Communities: Insights from Portugal
Ines F. G. Reis, Rui Pimenta, Ivo Goncalves, Marta A. R. Lopes, and Carlos Henggeler Antunes
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