Skip to main content

Table 6 Energy services offered.

From: The struggle of energy communities to enhance energy justice: insights from 113 German cases

Energy service

N Group Aa

N Group Bb

N total

Percent of cases (%)

Electricity from renewable sources

26

33

59

52.00

Electricity tariffs below market price

21

18

39

35.00

Heating based on renewable sources

14

17

31

27.00

Energy efficiency advice

12

16

28

25.00

Discounted membership fees

18

8

26

23.00

Installation of energy-efficiency measures

10

9

19

17.00

Financing of energy-efficiency measures

10

9

19

17.00

E-mobility

11

7

18

16.00

Renewable energy aggregation

8

6

14

12.00

Energy storage

7

5

13

11.00

  1. aGroup A includes all energy communities stating to address underrepresented groups
  2. bGroup B includes all energy communities stating to not address underrepresented groups