Energy Transition

1. Introduction - The Challenge of Achieving the Energy Transition (Lowitzsch).- Part I. Rationale for Consumer Ownership in Renewable Energies.- 2. From Fossil to Renewable Energy Sources (Croonenbroeck/Lowitzsch).- 3. The Consumer at the Heart of the Energy Markets? (Lowitzsch).- 4. Energy Justice, Energy Democracy and Sustainability: Normative Approaches to the Consumer Ownership of Renewables (Jenkins).- 5. Consumer (Co-)Ownership and Behaviour: Economic Experiments as a Tool for Analysis (Yildiz/Sagebiel).- Part II. Consumer (Co-)Ownership: Conventional Models and Consumer Stock Ownership Plans.- 6. Financing Consumer (Co-)Ownership of Renewable Energy Sources (Holstenkamp).- 7. Renewable Energy Cooperatives (Lowitzsch/Hanke).- 8. The CSOP-Financing Technique: Origins, Legal Concept and Implementation (Lowitzsch).- 9. The Life Cycle of a CSOP Investment: Sample Calculation for a German Wind Turbine (Croonenbroeck/Slevec).- Part III. Country Reports: The European Union and Associated Countries (Bilateral Agreements).- 10. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in the Czech Republic (Maly´/Safarík/Matousek).- 11. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Denmark (Ronne/Nielsen).- 12. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in France (Yalcin/Wokuri/Gauthier).- 13. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Germany (Yildiz/Gotchev/Holstenkamp/Müller/Radtke/Welle).- 14. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Italy (Borroni/van Tulder).- 15. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in the Netherlands (Akerboom/van Tulder).- 16. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Poland (Goebel).- 17. Consumer (Co-)Ownership of Renewables in England and Wales (UK) (Willis/Simcock).- 18. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Scotland (UK) (Krug/Hagget/Veelen).- 19. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Spain (Díaz Foncea/Bretos).- 20. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Switzerland (Ebers/Schmid/Stauch/Viuchard).- 21. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in California (USA) (van Tulder/Klein/Morgan).- 22. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Ontario (Canada) (McMurtry/Tarhan).- 23. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Brazil (Böckler/Giannini).- 24. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Chile (Feron/Baigorrotegui/Parker/Opazo).- 25. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in India (Mishra/Lowitzsch).- 26. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Pakistan (Memon/Hussain).- 27. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Japan (Raupach-Sumiya).- Part IV. Summary of the Results and Their Implications for Policy-Making.- 28. Institutional Aspects of Consumer (Co-)Ownership in RE Energy Communities (Baigorrotegui/Lowitzsch).- 29. Solar Prosumage: An Economic Discussion of Challenges and Opportunities (Schill, Zerrahn,Kunz).- 30. Outlook: Energy Transition and Regulatory Framework 2.0: Insights from the European Union (Gauthier/Lowitzsch).- 31. Conclusions: The Role of Consumer (Co-)Ownership in the Energy Transition (Lowitzsch).