Factsheet: Drivers and barriers of public engagement in energy infrastructure
The UsersTCP Task Public Engagement in Energy Infrastructure summarises its new report into a 2-page factsheet to allow an easy understanding of the key research results.
Slide Pack: Drivers and barriers of public engagement in energy infrastructure
The UsersTCP Task Public Engagement in Energy Infrastructure summarises its new report into a slide pack to allow an easy understanding of the key research results.
Report: Drivers and barriers of public engagement in energy infrastructure
This report aims to identify common socio-psychological, socio-technical and institutional challenges and drivers for effective public engagement in energy infrastructure, and to explore how barriers can be overcome.
Sweden’s Integrated Energy and Climate Plan: An analysis
How is the image of Sweden as champion of gender equality and promoter of welfare policies holding when digging deep into Sweden’s Integrated Energy and Climate Plan?
Energy consulting: A tool for inclusion?
This case study was conducted within the Gender & Energy Task and analyzes to what extent the instrument of company-independent energy consulting in Austria addresses different target groups and takes gender and diversity aspects into account.
Social license to automate batteries? Australian householder conditions for participation in Virtual Power Plants
This paper has been published in ERSS and is co-authored by Mike B. Roberts, Sophie M. Adams and Declan Kuch.
Hard-to-reach energy users: An ex-post cross-country assessment of behavioural-oriented interventions
This paper has been published in ERSS and is co-authored by Luis Mundaca, Sea Rotmann, Kira Ashby, Beth Karlin, Danielle Butler, Miguel Macias Sequeira, Joao Pedro Gouveia, Pedro Palma, Anna Realini, Simone Maggiore and Marielle Feenstra.
2022/23 Annual Report
The Annual Report provides an overview of the work and key achievements of the TCP and its Tasks during the 2022/23 year.
Factsheet: Creating energy technologies, that are meaningful and usable for all
How technology developers can contribute to making sustainable energy supply more equal in terms of accessibility to ensure the participation of all.
Gender, expertise and control in Dutch residential smart grid pilots
The paper discusses the gendered differences in the build-up of interest and expertise in household smart grids, in connection to experiences of control, comfort, safety and trust.
Social License to Automate Policy Brief
In its first phase, the Social License to Automate Task undertook original research involving 26 residential demand-side automation projects across Australia, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
Behavioural Energy Policy Toolkit is now live
The Platform has published an online toolkit to help civil servants apply insights from behavioural science to demand-side energy programmes. Click on “Read more” to access the toolkit!
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) White Paper – Gender and Technology: The Case of the Energy Sector
This paper discusses how energy policies are gender blind and as a result, their lowered effectiveness and unintended effects.
INATBA/GO-P2P Task Force final report
Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Task Force DLT Standardisation Efforts in Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Applications:Expert Interviews and Lessons Learned.
GO-P2P Subtask 3 – P2P, CSC and TE: A Systematic Literature Review of Local Energy Market Models
Fundamental changes are transforming energy markets globally. Distributed energy resources (DERs), such as photovoltaic (PV) and wind generators, and storage devices are being installed at ever increasing rates.
2021 Annual Report
The 2021 Annual Report is now available to view. This report provides an overview of the activities and outputs of the UsersTCP and its Tasks during 2021.
GO-P2P Subtask 1 – Impact of Local Energy Markets Integration in Power Systems Layer: A Comprehensive Review
In June 2018, the European Union (EU) agreed a legal framework for prosumership as part of the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II). This puts consumers in the centre of energy transition and introduces Citizen Energy Communities and Renewable Energy Communities.
GO-P2P Subtask 4 – Social and economic value in emerging decentralized energy business models: A critical review
In recent years, numerous studies have explored the opportunities and challenges for emerging decentralized energy systems and business models. However, few studies have focused specifically on the economic and
Are we getting the best out of Smart Home Technologies. The Role of Usability.
Smart Home Technologies (SHTs) are believed to have potential to support reduced carbon emissions. These technologies can include, but are not limited to, smart heating, lighting and cooling, electric vehicle charging and a broad variety of smart domestic appliances.
