Community Ownership of Local Energy Assets: Field Study of Governance and Technical Performance

Authors

  • Helena Vavrova-Cip Centre for Community Engagement, Sarish Institute of Smart Infrastructure, Presov, Slovakia Author
  • Hubert Doblhofer Department of Energy Systems, Pongau Institute of Smart Infrastructure, St Johann, Austria Author
  • Gudrun Munkholm Department of Energy Systems, Vestegnen Centre for Urban Systems, Glostrup, Denmark Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22662643

Keywords:

Community Ownership of Local Energy Assets; Smart infrastructure; Evidence synthesis; Asset management; Structural health monitoring

Abstract

Community Ownership of Local Energy Assets is an area of active development in smart and resilient infrastructure engineering,
with evidence that has accumulated unevenly across its component questions. We review the current evidence base for community
ownership of local energy assets, spanning methodological, implementation, governance, and cost dimensions, focusing on where
practice has converged and where it continues to vary, and set out the practical considerations relevant to an agency considering
its adoption. We conclude that selective, context-specific use is best supported by the evidence currently available, rather than
uniform adoption or avoidance.

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2026-09-10