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Coopetitive Nature of Energy Communities—The Energy Transition Context

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  • Karolina Mucha-Kuś

    (Department of Management, WSB University, Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland)

  • Maciej Sołtysik

    (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Częstochowa University of Technology, Armii Krajowej 17, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland)

  • Krzysztof Zamasz

    (Department of Management, WSB University, Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland)

  • Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna

    (Department of Management, WSB University, Cieplaka 1c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland)

Abstract

The decentralization of the large-scale energy sector, its replacement with pro-ecological, dispersed production sources and building a citizen dimension of the energy sector are the directional objectives of the energy transformation in the European Union. Building energy self-sufficiency at a local level is possible, based on the so-called Energy Communities, which include energy clusters and energy cooperatives. Several dozen pilot projects for energy clusters have been implemented in Poland, while energy cooperatives, despite being legally sanctioned and potentially a simpler formula of operation, have not functioned in practice. This article presents the coopetitive nature of Energy Communities. The authors analysed the principles and benefits of creating Energy Communities from a regulatory and practical side. An important element of the analysis is to indicate the managerial, coopetitive nature of the strategies implemented within the Energy Communities. Their members, while operating in a competitive environment, simultaneously cooperate to achieve common benefits. On the basis of the actual data of recipients and producers, the results of simulations of benefits in the economic dimension will be presented, proving the thesis of the legitimacy of creating coopetitive structures of Energy Communities.

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  • Karolina Mucha-Kuś & Maciej Sołtysik & Krzysztof Zamasz & Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna, 2021. "Coopetitive Nature of Energy Communities—The Energy Transition Context," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-13, February.
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