Routledge Handbook of Energy Communities and Smart Cities

Maciej M. Sokołowski holds a PhD in law (summa cum laude), with habilitation (Doctor of Science, DSc). He is a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management of Keio University, Japan, associated with the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He is an expert in the field of energy law and energy sector, the author of three books on energy regulation as well as about eighty papers and reports on public law and climate-energy policy. Anna Visvizi, PhD (dr hab.), is an economist and political scientist, editor, researcher, and political consultant with extensive experience in academia, think-tank and government sectors in Europe and the United States, including the OECD. She is an Associate Professor at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, Visiting Professor at Effat University, Saudi Arabia, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Hellenic Growth and Prosperity (IHGP), at the American College of Greece. Her expertise covers issues pertinent to the intersection of politics, economics and ICT, especially AI and blockchain, in such domains as smart cities/smart villages, geopolitics, and business management.

About the authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Exploring the Smart Cities – Energy Communities Nexus: Issues and Challenges

Maciej M. Sokołowski 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 Porzeżyńska

Chapter 10 Coop-Production of Heat and Power: CHP in Cogenatives and Cogenmunities (Co-CHPs)

Maciej M. Sokołowski and Marc A. Rosen

Chapter 11 Energy Efficiency as a Tool for Energy Poverty Reduction: A Legal Perspective

Maíra 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

Inês F. G. Reis, Rui Pimenta, Ivo Gonçalves, Marta A. R. Lopes, and Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Index