New report on the decarbonisation potential of energy citizenship at the national and EU levels

Building on the work done previously, this deliverable expands and employs different modeling frameworks of the ENCLUDE modeling ensemble to extract insights regarding the decarbonization potential of energy citizenship at both the national and the supranational levels. 

More specifically, in past deliverables a comprehensive set of “people-centered” storylines based on identified patterns and trends of energy citizenship was designed, highlighting citizens’ perspectives and bringing them to the forefront of the energy transition: 

• “Power to the People” (Active participation in the energy market).
• “Band Together” (Collective initiatives and expressions of energy citizenship).
• “Habitual Creatures” (Individual behavioral and lifestyle changes).
• “People to the Streets” (Socio-political activities of citizens). 

Additionally, a set of three (3) “future-world” narratives was developed, describing future systemic changes of society and economy, providing a context of potential future world evolutions that may be inhabited by citizens, namely:

• “A Familiar World”.
• “A Unified World”.
• “A Fragmented World”.

Set to explore the decarbonization potential of energy citizenship expressions mainly manifested at the national and the supranational levels, in this deliverable, we focus on all four (4) “people-centered” storylines. Combined with the “future-world” narratives, a scenario space to study case-specific decarbonization pathways, acknowledging the depth of complexity and diversity of the European landscape was created.

Overall, we provide modeling results for the following three (3) cases:

• “Power to the People” by empowering prosumerism and citizen adoption of small-scale photovoltaic and residential battery energy storage systems at the Member State level by 2030.
• Combining “Power to the People” with “People to the Streets” storylines towards citizen preference-led energy planning alternatives and 100% renewable-based national energy systems.
• Decarbonizing the transport and the residential sectors in Western Europe under different “people-centered” storylines and manifestations of energy citizenship.

Read the full deliverable here.