Analysis of enabling factors for collective action in the energy transition domain. Enabling factors are energy relevant framework conditions that can be actively shaped by policy makers in a society committed to energy transition.

1. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement
No 727470
Background
This report aims to identify the enabling factors for collective action in the energy transition domain and assess to
what extent these enabling factors have the potential to influence energy consumer/prosumer behaviours.
Enabling factors are defined as those energy relevant framework conditions that can be actively shaped by policy
makers in a society that has set itself the goal of energy transition.
A number of case studies have been conducted in six European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Norway, Spain and
Turkey) covering three technology areas: electric mobility, smart energy technologies and energy in buildings. The
results of these case studies are put together in this report.
The case studies considered have shown that policy makers face very specific and different challenges when it
comes to promoting energy transition activities among population groups in different countries.
Analysis of enabling factors for consumer action.

2. This project has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement
No 727470
Findings - Results
• 11 case studies were driven in Italy, Norway, Spain,
Bulgaria, Turkey, and Austria.
• Areas covered by case studies were: e-mobility, co-housing
projects, energy cooperatives, renewable energy initiatives in
small cooperatives, renovation of residential buildings and a
municipal efficiency network.
• Facilitating factors: presence of a strong environmental
motivation of the key stakeholders involved, a clear external
financial incentives, a social support system
• Barriers to establish collective initiatives:
✓ General lack of awareness and environmental concerns,
a certain lack of community spirit that hinders collective
initiatives.
✓ Complicated legislation and especially legal uncertainty
and many bureaucratic burdens.
• Common factors:
✓ Technological gaps still have to be closed in the domains
considered, for example the stabilization of grid
infrastructure
Conclusions
• Legislation, incentives, funding schemes still have room
to be improved, clarified, simplified
• Compliance between national, regional and local policies
in terms of funding, incentives, regulations
• Active support to individual and collective actions needed
• Increase of awareness of the need for accelerating the
transition to more sustainable energy lifestyles and
practices, among single individuals, self-organized
informal collectives and representatives of formalized
agencies
• Clear and better administrative procedures
• Investment in Research and Development: there is a
need to do research on different technologies (e.g. on
charging technology) and to bring these technologies
further
• Increasing awareness of initiatives among individuals and
companies: more information at different levels and
institutions about e.g. e-car sharing, co-housing, etc. has
to be available