The Scottish experience in community energy development: A starting point for Chile

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Fuentes Gonzalez, Fabian^1,2  Sauma, Enzo²  van der Weijde, AdriaanHendrik^1,3 

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Engn, Inst Energy Syst, Kings Bldg,Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh EH9 2JL, Midlothian, Scotland

[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, UC Energy Res Ctr, Dept Ind & Syst Engn, Av Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile

[3] Alan Turing Inst, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB, England

关键词: Community energy;    Distributed generation;    Scotland;    Chile;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2019.06.046

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This study presents an overview of the relevant evidence available up to now regarding the Scottish experience in relation to the development of community energy projects. Scotland has a relevant number of community energy projects which are generating energy, improving the quality of life of communities through sustainable initiatives. This is the result of the implementation of successful policies to encourage community energy by the Scottish government (in comparison with other countries). On the contrary, the Chilean community energy sector is still incipient, despite some interest; public policies have been focused on fostering the concept of distributed generation. Chilean community energy developments have not been analysed in any detail; this paper is a first attempt to do so, and to derive lessons from the Scottish experience that can be useful to Chilean policy makers. We summarise and analyse the Scottish and Chilean community energy sectors and their developments. We further analyse the current Chilean net billing scheme using concepts from game theory, showing that it may not be the best support mechanism for citizen-led energy production developments. Based on these analyses, we define a list of policy recommendations for Chile, which can help further development in the community energy sector.

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