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Table 3 Potential for change of renewable energy production and consumption by local wind and energy cooperatives in the energy sector

From: Local renewable energy cooperatives: revolution in disguise?

Potential energy cooperatives

 

Deltawind

Texel Energie, Grunneger Power, Lochem Energie

Energy transition/radical innovation in facility area

 

+

−/+

Success conditions radical innovation (relation producer-consumer)

Comparative advantage of the concept, services

+

+/−

Complexity

+

Compatibility

+

Success conditions bottom-up innovations

Incentive to innovate

+

+

Incentive to reveal

+

+

Competitive advantage in relation to other suppliers/producers

+