Multiplying Mighty Davids? The Influence of Energy Cooperatives on Germany's Energy Transition /

• Main Author: Debor, Sarah (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Natural resources.; Industrial organization.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Renewable and Green Energy.

This book systematically describes and evaluates the impact of energy cooperatives as a key driving force in the German energy transition toward a sustainability-oriented energy sector. Based on a comprehensive survey and three case studies, it provides an instructive overview of the overall dimensi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Energy Cooperatives: A 'New' Phenomenon in Germany
• Germany's Energiewende
• Organisations in the Context of Socio-Technical Transitions
• Research Design and Methods
• German Energy Cooperatives: A Rising Cosmopolitan Enterprise Community
• Analysis of Dominant Collaborative Interaction Models
• Discussion of Results
• Conclusions and Outlook.