Harvesting energy: Place and local entrepreneurship in community-based renewable energy transition

摘要: Abstract Transition towards a renewable energy supply initiates physical (re)shaping of places and social transformation communities into communities. Although socio-cultural challenges transition have been recognised ( Field, 2015 , IPCC, 2011 Teske et al., ), understandings about socio-geographic their underlying processes structures are insufficiently studied often remain underestimated. To close this gap, we theoretically empirically analysed the multifaceted interplay between place, local entrepreneurship ‘community energy’. Our study is based on an analysis regional documents policy reports, qualitative interviews undertaken with inhabitants in case-study municipality Reusenkoge (Germany). findings reveal two important aspects: Firstly, people's individual shared place meanings which materialised social, physical, historical climate-related place-attachments contested innovative ingredients bearing impact adopting or rejecting renewables. Secondly, differentiated characteristics entrepreneurs, namely grounded, collaborative, innovative, change-making, economic, communicating, networking political aspects, appeared to be relevant for acceptance support community-based projects. that policies, funding schemes administrative should recognise elements context sustained decentralised transition.