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Risk sharing, cost barriers, and heterogeneous pathways to renewable energy community participation: Survey evidence from Polish prosumers

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  • Maksymilian Bielecki
  • Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska
  • Ewa Neska

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Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) are a key instrument of the EU's participatory energy transition, yet their uptake remains negligible in Central and Eastern Europe despite rapid prosumer growth. This study examines how Polish photovoltaic prosumers and prospective adopters (N = 969) evaluate design trade-offs embedded in alternative REC models and how these evaluations shape participation intentions. Using exploratory factor analysis, hierarchical OLS regression, and quantile regression, we identify the attitudinal structure underlying REC acceptance and capture heterogeneity across the willingness distribution. The results show that preferences for risk sharing consistently predict higher participation readiness across all motivation levels (β = 0.24, p

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  • Maksymilian Bielecki & Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska & Ewa Neska, 2026. "Risk sharing, cost barriers, and heterogeneous pathways to renewable energy community participation: Survey evidence from Polish prosumers," WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) WORMS/26/02, Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahh:wpaper:worms2602
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    JEL classification:

    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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