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Table 2 Studies on German Energiewende [43]

From: Urban expansion of Energiewende in Germany: a systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study

Authors

Field

Issues

Country/city

Urban expansion specific?

Date of publication

Bulkeley, Betsill [32]

Urban politics of climate change

Urban governance of climate change

Partly Germany

Yes

2013

Hall et al. [33]

Utility ownership

Remunicipalization of power sector

Partly Germany

No

2013

Burger et al.

Energy market

Disruption of utility, challenges

Germany

No

2014

Galvin, Gubernat

Rebound effect studies

Effect of energy efficiency on increased energy consumption

Germany

No

2016

Truffer et al.

Technology assessment

Electric mobility

Germany

No

2017

Loßner et al.

Economic assessment

Virtual power plants in the German energy market

Germany

No

2017

Centgraf

Civic engagement

Human scale development approach supporting civic engagement—German energy cooperatives

Germany

No

2018

Leiren, Reimer

Renewable energy policy

policy shift from feed-in tariffs to auction

Germany

No

2018

Weiss et al.

Energy market

Disruption of utility business models in the “prosumager-world, digitalization, decentralization, and decarbonization

Germany

No

2019

Busch-Geertsema et al.

Climate strategy analysis

German transport

Germany

No

2019

Arning, Ziefle

Public actor survey

Anti-decarbonization efforts and the pro-diesel protest movement

Germany

No

2020

Bosch, Schmidt

Social study of energy transition

Inequalities and injustices of the German Energiewende

Germany

No

2020

Fabianek et al.

Green power

Electric vehicles

Germany

No

2020

Leonzio

Technology assessment

Power-to-gas plant

Germany

No

2020

Pinker et al.

Actions and politics

Energy initiatives and the politics of regulation

Partly Germany

No

2020

Sturm [34]

Politics, policies, paths study

Challenges and drawbacks of energy transition

Germany

No

2020

Günther et al.

Tariff, capacity investment

Prosumage

Germany

No

2021

Morlet, Keirstead [35]

Business, economics

Lowest cost technology pathways to achieve emission reduction targets

Berlin

Yes

2013

Bulkeley et al.

Climate justice

Climate justice focused on urban climate change actions

German cities

Yes

2014

Fuchs, Hinderer

Renewable energy governance

Local renewable energy governance

Berlin

Yes

2014

Mainzer et al.

Technical potential assessment

Technical potential for residential-roof-mounted photovoltaic systems in Germany

All 11,593 German municipalities

Yes

2014

Blanchet

Urban struggle over energy transition

Grassroots initiatives affect local energy policymaking

Berlin

Yes

2015

Mattes et al. [36]

Business

Energy transitions in small-scale regions

Emden and Bottrop

Yes

2015

Moss et al.

Energy politics

Role of environmental groups in remunicipalization of grids

Berlin

Yes

2015

Urbaneck

RE cogeneration pathway study

Solar district heating

East Germany

Yes

2015

Viétor et al.

Barrier study

Decentralized combined heat and power

Ruhr Valley

Yes

2015

Becker et al.

Actor study

Influence of social movements as actors in urban energy politics

Hamburg and Berlin

Yes

2016

Beermann, Tews

Actor study

Reinvention of the local RN initiatives

Local renewable energy initiatives

Yes

2017

Saighani, Sommer

Regional transport market

Renewables for regional transportation

Northern Hesse

Yes

2017

Münzberg et al. [37]

Vulnerability assessment

Responses of German disaster management system to power outage

Mannheim

Yes

2017

Brummer

Expertise, social capital, and democracy

Organizational governance and decision-making

Renewable Energy Cooperatives

Yes

2018

Busch et al.

Local climate governance

Transnational municipal climate networks (TMCNs) impact local climate governance

Seven German cities

Yes

2018

Dunkelberg et al.

Low-carbon heat supply

Low-temperature district heating system

Berlin

Yes

2018

Fastenrath, Braun [38]

Sustainability transition pathways

Energy-efficient buildings

Freiburg

Yes

2018

Frank et al. [39]

Policy mix

General innovation policy criteria

727 middle and large German municipalities

Yes

2018

Hellweg [40]

Case study

Building energy efficiency

Wilhelmsburg

Yes

2018

Hirschl

Climate strategy analysis

Conflict between carbon neutrality needs and actual politics

Berlin

Yes

2018

Köhrsen

Innovative approach to energy transition

Urban energy transitions as social fields

Emden

Yes

2018

Mahzouni

Sustainability transition pathways

Urban brownfield redevelopment and energy transition pathways

Three city districts in Freiburg: Rieselfeld, Vauban, and Gutleutmatten

Yes

2018

März [41]

Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis

Fuel poverty vulnerability of urban neighborhoods

Oberhausen

Yes

2018

McKenna et al. [42]

Local preference for governance

Feasible energy concepts in small communities

A community in the southwest of Germany

Yes

2018

Weiß

Implementation approach study

Building heating

Municipalities

Yes

2018

Jenniches, Worrell

Energy economics

Positive economic and environmental impact of solar PV

Aachen Region

Yes

2019

Brown et al.

Actor study

Prosumer

 

Yes

2020

Cheung and Oßenbrügge

Transition pathway

Urban energy transitions

Hamburg

Yes

2020

Moss and Francesch-Huidobro

Urban energy transitions

Urban energy autarky

Berlin and Hong Kong

Yes

2020

Pohlmann and Cole

Utilities policy

Community energy movements

Berlin and Hamburg

Yes

2020

Tschopp

Technological pathway study

Large-scale solar thermal systems

Denmark, China, Germany, Austria

Yes

2020

Broska

Sustainable community action

Social capital, social needs, and environmental concern in sustainable community action

Communities

Yes

2021

Byrne

Urban transport assessment

Resident mobility behavior

Hamburg

Yes

2021

Otto et al.

Municipal climate policy

Adaptation readiness

104 German cities

Yes

2021

Wagner et al.

Ownership of utilities

Municipal utilities in Germany

Approximately 900 Stadtwerke

Yes

2021

Dorst et al.

Barriers study

Urban nature-based solutions

urban Germany

Yes

2022

Quitzow

Decentralized grid, prosumage

Smart grids, smart households, smart neighborhoods

Berlin

Yes

2022