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Table 2 Transformation pathways depicting the actions taken by citizens in the renewable energy transition up to 2040

From: Macroeconomic impacts of energy communities and individual prosumers: an assessment of transformation pathways

Descriptor

Scenarios

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

Transformation pathway 1

 Likely action taken by a citizen of

 

  Actor group A

Not active

Active alone

Active alone

Active alone

Active alone

  Actor group B

Not active

Not active

Active alone

Jointly active

Jointly active

  Actor group C

Not active

Not active

Not active

Active alone

Active alone

  Actor group D

Not active

Not active

Not active

Jointly active

Jointly active

  Actor group E

Not active

Not active

Not active

Not active

Not active

Transformation pathway 2

 Likely action taken by a citizen of

     

  Actor group A

Not active

Jointly active

Jointly active

Jointly active

Jointly active

  Actor group B

Not active

Jointly active

Jointly active

Jointly active

Jointly active

  Actor group C

Not active

Not active

Not active

Active alone

Active alone

  Actor group D

Not active

Jointly active

Jointly active

Jointly active

Jointly active

  Actor group E

Not active

Not active

Not active

Jointly active

Jointly active

  1. Remarks: Referred to as pathway 1.1 and 2.1 in the original; pathway 1.1 ends in 2035 [1]. We extrapolated the descriptor states from 2035 to 2040 assuming that they would not change significantly in those 5 years