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<p>In accordance with the goal approved by the Council of the European Union, a European climate-neutrality must be achieved by 2050. Namely, the European Union must significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and find ways to compensate for the remaining and unavoidable ones. Within the framework of the European Green Deal, which is a set of policy initiatives to achieve climate neutrality goals, energy communities are considered in the context of two initiatives: a just transition and clean and safe energy at an affordable price. Within the latter, energy community is seen as citizen-led actions in the energy sector that will help pave the way for the transition to clean energy.</p>
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In accordance with the goal approved by the Council of the European Union, a European climate-neutrality must be achieved by 2050. Namely, the European Union must significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and find ways to compensate for the remaining and unavoidable ones. Within the framework of the European Green Deal, which is a set of policy initiatives to achieve climate neutrality goals, energy communities are considered in the context of two initiatives: a just transition and clean and safe energy at an affordable price. Within the latter, energy community is seen as citizen-led actions in the energy sector that will help pave the way for the transition to clean energy.

Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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In accordance with the goal approved by the Council of the European Union, a European climate-neutrality must be achieved by 2050. Namely, the European Union...

Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Published Online: May 30, 2024

Page range: 53 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0020

Keywords
Energy community concept, legal framework, renewable energy, terminology

© 2024 M. Auders et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Published Online: May 30, 2024

Page range: 53 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0020

KeywordsEnergy community concept, legal framework, renewable energy, terminology

© 2024 M. Auders et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Energy community concept, legal framework, renewable energy, terminology