Urban Energy Transitions: Motivation and Management

Cities play a crucial role for an energy transition towards a low carbon society. This is mainly because cities demand a considerable amount of energy and because local action is often easier to realize than global action. But how to trigger local action? Literature generally underlines the positive local (co-)effects of an urban energy transition. In this research, local (co-)effects of an urban energy transition are identified and classified for relevant stakeholders. A small case study will shed light on the question if (co-)benefits identified in literature are shared as such by the local political authorities and if public management institutions for an urban energy transition, as they exist in some German cities, can be a governance solution for an efficient urban energy transition.