Table 1.
List of selected paper and main aspects considered in each one.
| Reference | Keywords | Aim | Regulatory framework | Development and management methodology | Business plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [18] | Energy communities; European renewable energy directive; Energy democracy; Community energy; Energy justice; Renewable energy clusters. | Policy advice for the effective implementation of RED II in Member States of EU. | X | X | |
| [11] | Renewable energy community; Diffusion of innovation; Willingness to accept; Segments. | Analysis of willingness of participating in RECs of three groups with different attitudes. | X | ||
| [19] | Energy communities; Multi-agent systems; Demand-side management; Flexibility. | Optimization methods to demonstrate benefits of community from having members with different energy consumption profiles. | X | X | |
| [20] | Energy policies; Energy communities; Renewable energy; Energy market. | To introduce an energy community taxonomy based on spatial factor and purposes of the REC. | X | ||
| [21] | Renewable energy communities; Multi-energy system optimization; Energy transition; Demand side management; Electrification. | Analysis of economic advantages dependence in a REC from multiple interdependent factors and context. | X | ||
| [22] | Energy community; Collaborative governance; Energy sharing; Micro energy grid. | Analysis of a REC from an energy, environmental, management and economic point of view, applied to a case study. | X | X | |
| [14] | Energy communities; Self-consumption; Prosumers; Business models. | Analysis of RECs impact on the Power system. | X | X | |
| [23] | Sector coupling; Positive energy communities; Urban energy district; Smart energy systems; EnergyPLAN; Hydrogen blending. | Investigation of RES excess and combined Power-to-gas, Power-to-Heat and Power-to-Power systems in a REC. | X | X | |
| [24] | Artificial Intelligence; Deep learning; Renewable Energy Community; Battery Energy Storage System management; Model Predictive Control. | Hybrid AI optimal method to improve the efficiency of energy management in a REC. | X | X | |
| [25] | Building energy system; DesignBuilder; Machine learning; PV system; Electric vehicle. | Machine Learning model used to manage a REC in Canada. | X | ||
| [26] | Energy community; Energy storage; Photovoltaic system; Optimization. | Presentation of a methodology to size a solar PV whit BESS based on multicriteria optimization. | X | X | |
| [27] | Smart energy community; Renewable energy community; Biomass-based cogeneration system; District heating network. | Economic analysis of a Biomass-Based REC. | X | X | |
| [28] | Heating and cooling network; Polygeneration system; Geothermal energy community; ORC; Geothermal energy; Energy district. | Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analyses of Geothermal Polygeneration System. | X | ||
| [29] | Prosumers; Optimization; Self-consumption; Energy sharing; Economic indicators; Stakeholders. | Analysis of energy management and sustainability assessment of a REC in Italy. | X | X |