TY - JOUR
T1 - From expectational conflicts to energy synergies
T2 - The evolution of societal value co-creation in energy hub development
AU - Rodhouse, T. S.G.H.
AU - Cuppen, E. H.W.J.
AU - Pesch, U.
AU - Correljé, A. F.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Societal value co-creation is an emerging practice in renewable energy projects. Despite its increasing popularity, however, unclarities persist regarding its operationalisation. This paper provides relevant insights by explaining how expectations of societal value co-creation evolved and became performed in a co-creative energy hub project in Emmen, the Netherlands. Over the course of project development, different and sometimes conflicting expectations co-existed of the hub's societal value potential. Drawing on observations, interviews, and document analysis, we describe the developers' efforts to synthesize these different value expectations into a coherent co-creation approach. The results indicate that timing in and of expectations, actor positions and organisational design are influential in how expectations become operationalised in renewable energy projects. Recommendations are provided for the design of societal value co-creation processes in future renewable energy projects.
AB - Societal value co-creation is an emerging practice in renewable energy projects. Despite its increasing popularity, however, unclarities persist regarding its operationalisation. This paper provides relevant insights by explaining how expectations of societal value co-creation evolved and became performed in a co-creative energy hub project in Emmen, the Netherlands. Over the course of project development, different and sometimes conflicting expectations co-existed of the hub's societal value potential. Drawing on observations, interviews, and document analysis, we describe the developers' efforts to synthesize these different value expectations into a coherent co-creation approach. The results indicate that timing in and of expectations, actor positions and organisational design are influential in how expectations become operationalised in renewable energy projects. Recommendations are provided for the design of societal value co-creation processes in future renewable energy projects.
KW - Energy hubs
KW - Expectations
KW - Renewable energy project
KW - Stakeholder engagement
KW - Value co-creation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171656646&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100098
DO - 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85171656646
SN - 2666-7215
VL - 4
JO - Project Leadership and Society
JF - Project Leadership and Society
M1 - 100098
ER -