Energy Transition (eBook)

Jens Lowitzsch is Kelso-Professor of Law and Economics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, since 2010. He teaches Comparative Law, East European Economic Law and European Legal Policy.   

1. Introduction – The Challenge of Achieving the Energy Transition (Lowitzsch)Part I. Rationale for Consumer Ownership in Renewable Energies2. 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 Plans6. 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 (Malý/Šafařík/Matoušek)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)North America21. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in California (USA) (van Tulder/Klein/Morgan)22. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Ontario (Canada) (McMurtry/Tarhan)South America23. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Brazil (Böckler/Giannini)24. Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Chile (Feron/Baigorrotegui/Parker/Opazo)Asia25. 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-Making28. 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)