Madden, Niall (2021) Comparative analysis of energy cooperatives in the Netherlands and Ireland. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This research studies the attributes towards what makes successful energy cooperatives, focusing on political aspects and sociological aspects. Two countries are studied and compared, The Netherlands a country that has a relatively well-developed energy cooperative network and Ireland a country that has struggled to see successful energy cooperatives. The objective of the study is to identify how policies and social aspects affect the success of renewable energy cooperatives. The research question for this paper is “How do policies and sociological aspects between The Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland concerning citizen involvement in producing renewable energies affect the success of renewable energy cooperatives? This question was answered by conducting four in-depth semi-structured interviews with members of energy cooperatives two in the Netherlands and two in Ireland, and a study of existing literature and policy papers. The results from this research show that the policy aspects have far more influence on the success of the energy cooperatives than societal aspects. Even when an energy cooperative has a lot of community support and a large membership, without strong supporting policies the cooperative will struggle to be successful and reach the goals of the members.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Horlings, L.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2021 15:37 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2021 15:37 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3477 |
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