RENAISSANCE paper: Renewable energy communities: do they have a business case in Flanders?

1 – Alex Felice, Maarten Messagie, Thierry Coosemans, Luis Ramirez Camargo
2 – Lucija Rakocevic, Leen Peeters

1 – Electric Vehicle and Energy Research Group (EVERGI), Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre (MOBI), Department of Electrical
Engineering and Energy Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
2 – Th!nk E, Philipssite 5, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Link DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119419

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RENAISSANCE proceedings: A Social Engagement Fast Track on Energy Communities – Key Lesson Learned from H2020 EU Projects

d’Oca S, Breukers S, Slingerland S, Boekelo M, van Welie MJ, Moscardi C, Aggeli A, Burgstaller K, Coosemans T, Hueting R, Throndsen W. A Social Engagement Fast Track on Energy Communities — Key Lesson Learned from H2020 EU Projects. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2021; 11(1):17. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021011017

Link DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021011017

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RENAISSANCE paper: Dynamic Simulation and Performance Enhancement Analysis of a Renewable Driven Trigeneration System

1 – Renos Rotas
2 – Petros Iliadis
3 – Nikos Nikolopoulos
4 – Ananias Tomboulides
5 – Elias Kosmatopoulos

1,2,3- Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Egialeias 52, Maroussi, 11525 Athens, Greece
1,4- Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
2 – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece

Link DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103688

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RENAISSANCE Gamification tool – Can you Renew it?

The RENAISSANCE online videogame aiming to inform and attract people interested in energy communities through fun and gamified challenges | Add capacity to your collective energy system by locating assets cards on your deck | Use the lowest number of moves to optimise your performance | Win bonus cards by convincing potential members to join you through ernergy quizzes and they will support your community!

RENAISSANCE paper: Designing successful energy communities: A comparison of seven pilots in Europe applying the Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis

1 – Maria Luisa Lode
2 – SharyHeuninckx
3 – Geertte Boveldt
4 – CathyMacharis
5 – Thierry Coosemans

1,2,3,4- Mobility, Logistics & Automotive Technology Research Centre
5- Electric Vehicle and Energy Research Group (EVERGI), Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre (MOBI), Department of Electrical Engineeringvand Energy Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Link DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102671

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RENAISSANCE paper: Many actors amongst multiple renewables: A systematic review of actor involvement in complementarity of renewable energy sources

1 – N. Bekirsky
2 – C.E. Hoicka
3 – M.C.Brisbois
4 – L.Ramirez Camargo

1- Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
2 – Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Canada: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada
3 – Science Policy Research Unit, Business School, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
4 – Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Electric Vehicle and Energy Research Group (EVERGI), Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre (MOBI), Department of Electrical Engineering
and Energy Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Link DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112368

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RENAISSANCE paper: Coupling Rural Development with the Development of Energy Communities: A Participatory Study in Vega De Valcarce, Spain

1 – Maria Luisa Lode
2 – Alex Felice
2 – Ander Martinez Alonso
affiliation not provided to SSRN
5- Jayesh De Silva
0- Maria Eugenia Lopez
3 – Jens Lowitzsch
2 – Thierry Coosemans
2,4 – Luis Ramirez Camargo

1 – VUB, Mobility, Logistics & Automotive Technology Research Centre (MOBI)
2 – VUB, Electric Vehicle and Energy Research Group (EVERGI), Department of Electrical Engineering and Energy Technology (ETEC)
3 – Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany
4 – Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development – Utrecht University
5 – ReViEVAL project, Castilla Léon, Spain

Link DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4084306

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