Model Assessment checklist
Checklist
In the following checklist, you will find a step by step approach to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of renewable energy communities.
Step 1: Preparation of the assessment
Checklist questions:
- What are the relevant energy community stakeholders in the Member State?
- Is there an appropriate “monitoring system” in the Member State?
- If not: Are there any data on energy communities?
Step 2: Assessment of Barriers & Drivers
Leading questions to be reported on:
- What are relevant barriers to the development of energy communities in the Member State?
- What are the main drivers of energy communities in the Member tate?
- Are there any regional differences within the member state in this regard?
Checklist questions:
- How many resources are available? How much is already known about barriers & drivers for energy communities in the member state?
- Do you want to perform a rapid or a participative assessment?
- Which typology of barriers and drivers shall be used?
Participative assessment design | Rapid assessment design |
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Step 3: Assessment of the Potential
Leading questions to be reported on:
- How many energy communities could potentially evolve? How much could the installed capacity be?
- How many energy communities are likely to evolve? How much capacity are they expected to develop?
- What are likely/plausible/potential scenarios?
- Are there any regional differences within the member state in this regard?
Checklist questions:
- Which type of assessment methodology shall be used – sector-development, bottom-up modelling or a mix of both?
Sector-development approach | Bottom-up modelling approach |
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Step 4: Evaluation of Costs & Benefits
Leading questions to be reported on:
- What is known about costs and benefits of energy communities in the member state?
- If quantifiable: How large could net benefits be if the potentials were to be realised?
Checklist questions:
- Which costs and benefits or which typology of impacts shall be used for the assessment?
- What does the literature tell us about these impacts of energy communities, specifically in the member state?
- If no literature is available or state of knowledge not satisfactory: Are there enough resources to do an own impact evaluation?
Step 5: Policy Database, Selection of Measures and Their Evaluation
Leading questions to be reported on:
- Which measures have been adopted as part of the enabling framework?
- Which barriers and drivers do these policies address?
- What are the impacts of these measures?
Checklist questions:
- Which are the most pressing barriers or most effective drivers?
- What is known about the effectiveness and efficiency of measures taken elsewhere to address these barriers and/or drivers?
- How can impacts of the measures taken as part of the enabling framework for energy communities be evaluated?