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This work was supported by the project PURPOSED PID2021-128822OBI00 funded by: MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/, Spain.This work was supported in part by the Catedra de Transicion Energetica Urbana, Spain (Las Naves-FVCiE-UPV) and the project Energia social y confort en el hogar: retos mayores (ESM) funded by Innovation and Knowledge Management Department of the City Council of Valencia, Spain.

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Aparisi-Cerda, ICorresponding AuthorManso-Burgos, AAuthorRibo-Perez, DAuthorGomez-Navarro, TAuthor

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Panel or check? Assessing the benefits of integrating households in energy poverty into energy communities

Publicated to:Sustainable Energy Technologies And Assessments. 71 103970- - 2024-11-01 71(), DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2024.103970

Authors: Aparisi-Cerda, I; Manso-Burgos, A; Ribo-Perez, D; Sommerfeldt, N; Gomez-Navarro, T

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Delft Univ Technol, Fac Technol Policy & Management, NL-2600 GA Delft, Netherlands - Author
KTH Royal Inst Technol, Dept Energy Technol, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Energy Engn, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn ValenciaUPV, INGENIO, CSIC, Camino de Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author

Abstract

This research raises the possibility for households in energy poverty to participate in shared photovoltaic systems in renewable energy communities (REC) to reduce their energy costs, with investment costs covered by public institutions. It begins by evaluating the current solution for vulnerable households, which relies on public subsidies to lower energy costs without addressing root causes or improving environmental impacts. The study compares traditional subsidies with REC participation for vulnerable households. By simulating a REC composed of such households, the results indicate that REC participation is more cost-effective for public institutions than energy subsidies. At the economically optimal size of 31 kWp, the cost of subsidies decreases by 58,000 , a 50% reduction, with household savings increasing by 6%. At 58 kWp, the need for additional support checks is eliminated, increasing household savings by 65% but with a lower NPV of 22,500 . The largest viable system, 75 kWp, increases average household savings by 82%. This approach also leads to a net reduction in GHG emissions, engaging previously excluded households in the energy transition.

Keywords

Energy checkEnergy povertyJust energy transitionJusticRenewable energy communitiesSelf-consumptionStrategies

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sustainable Energy Technologies And Assessments due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 41/171, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Energy & Fuels.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-24:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 33.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 33 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Netherlands; Sweden.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Aparisi Cerdá, Isabel) and Last Author (Gómez Navarro, Tomás).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Aparisi Cerdá, Isabel.