Lars Holstenkamp
Dr.

- Commercial law
- Economics - Development Economics, Institutional Economics
- Management studies - Financing, Energy Economics, Social Investment, Social Finance, Sustainable Finance, Impact Investment
- Energy research - Community Energy, Municipal Utilities, Energy Cooperatives
Research areas
- 2025
- Published
From consumers to pioneers: insights from thermal energy communities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands
Herreras Martínez, S., Mesman, J., Sneum, D. M., Holstenkamp, L., Harmsen, R., Menkveld, M., Akerboom, S. & Faaij, A., 12.2025, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 15, 1, 31 p., 5.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2024
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“First come, first served" or “the more, the merrier"? Organizational dynamics of citizen-led solar initiatives and the presence of photovoltaic installations in Germany
Mueller, L., Marcroft, T. P., von Beck, C., Zeiss, J. P., Schwanitz, V. J., Wierling, A. & Holstenkamp, L., 10.04.2024, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 449, 11 p., 141861.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Simplify the Uptake of Community Energy by Leveraging Intermediaries and the Use of Digital Planning Tools
Mey, F., Borch, K., Bosch, S., Ebersbach, B., Hecht, R., Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J., 2024, Strengthening European Energy Policy. Crowther, A., Foulds, C., Robison, R. & Gladkykh, G. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 17-29 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- 2022
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Institutional relatedness and the emergence of renewable energy cooperatives in German districts
Punt, M. B., Bauwens, T., Frenken, K. & Holstenkamp, L., 03.04.2022, In: Regional Studies. 56, 4, p. 548-562 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Thinking, doing, organising: Prefiguring just and sustainable energy systems via collective prosumer ecosystems in Europe
Wittmayer, J. M., Campos, I., Avelino, F., Brown, D., Doračić, B., Fraaije, M., Gährs, S., Hinsch, A., Assalini, S., Becker, T., Marín-González, E., Holstenkamp, L., Bedoić, R., Duić, N., Oxenaar, S. & Pukšec, T., 01.04.2022, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 86, 13 p., 102425.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conceptualizing community in energy systems: A systematic review of 183 definitions
Bauwens, T., Schraven, D., Drewing, E., Radtke, J., Holstenkamp, L., Gotchev, B. & Yildiz, Ö., 01.03.2022, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 156, 16 p., 111999.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2021
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Extending the Operation of Existing Biogas Plants: Which Follow-Up Concepts and Plants Will Prevail?
Güsewell, J., Scherzinger, K., Holstenkamp, L., Vincent, L. & Eltrop, L., 03.11.2021, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 9, 19 p., 719697.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ready for new business models? Human and social capital in the management of renewable energy cooperatives in Germany
Herbes, C., Rilling, B. & Holstenkamp, L., 01.09.2021, In: Energy Policy. 156, 13 p., 112417.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Entwicklung und Umsetzung eines Monitoringsystems zur Analyse der Akteursstruktur bei Freiflächen-Photovoltaik und der Windenergie an Land: Ergebnisse des Monitorings und Empfehlungen
Weiler, K., Weber, A., Grashof, K., Holstenkamp, L. & Ehrtmann, M., 01.06.2021, Dressau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 203 p. (Climate Change; no. 49/2021).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Regional electricity models for community energy in germany: The role of governance structures
Ehrtmann, M., Holstenkamp, L. & Becker, T., 19.02.2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 4, p. 1-24 24 p., 2241.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Community Energy in Germany: From Technology Pioneers to Professionalisation under Uncertainty
Holstenkamp, L., 2021, Renewable Energy Communities and the Low Carbon Energy Transition in Europe. Coenen, F. H. J. M. & Hoppe, T. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 119-152 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Regulatory challenges and opportunities for collective renewable energy prosumers in the EU
Campos, I., Luz, G. P., González, E. M., Gährs, S., Hall, S. & Holstenkamp, L., 01.03.2020, In: Energy Policy. 138, 11 p., 111212.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collective Renewable Energy Prosumers and the Promises of the Energy Union: Taking Stock
Horstink, L., Wittmeyer, J. M., Ng, K., Pontes Luz, G., Marín-González, E., Gährs, S., Campos, I., Holstenkamp, L., Oxenaar, S. & Brown, D., 15.01.2020, In: Energies. 13, 2, 30 p., 421.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stadt-Land-Disparitäten in der Energiewende: Empirische Erkenntnisse zu finanzieller Bürgerbeteiligung
Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J., 01.2020, Dezentral, partizipativ und kommunikativ: Zukunft der Energiewende. Kamlage, J.-H. & Engler, S. (eds.). Nordhausen: Verlag Traugott Bautz, p. 137-176 40 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Energy transition and civic engagement
Radtke, J., Drewing, E., Eichenauer, E., Holstenkamp, L., Kamlage, J.-H., Mey, F., Warode, J. & Wegener, J., 2020, The Role of Public Participation in Energy Transitions. Renn, O., Ulmer, F. & Deckert, A. (eds.). London: Academic Press Inc., p. 81-91 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 2019
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What do we know about cooperative sustainable electrification in the global South? A synthesis of the literature and refined social-ecological systems framework
Holstenkamp, L., 07.2019, In: Renewable & Sustainble Energy Reviews. 109, p. 307-320 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Financing Consumer (Co-)Ownership of Renewable Energy Sources
Holstenkamp, L., 09.01.2019, Energy Transition: Financing Consumer Co-Ownership in Renewables. Lowitzsch, J. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 115-138 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Consumer (Co-)Ownership in Renewables in Germany
Yildiz, Ö., Gotchev, B., Holstenkamp, L., Müller, J. R., Radtke, J. & Welle, L., 2019, Energy Transition: Financing Consumer Co-Ownership in Renewables. Lowitzsch, J. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 271-293 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- 2018
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Global Governance and the Interplay of Coordination and Contestation: The Case of Renewable Energies in the South
Hein, W. & Holstenkamp, L., 12.09.2018, In: Global Governance. 24, 3, p. 431–449 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Finance and Justice in Low-Carbon Energy Transitions
Hall, S., Roelich, K. E., Davis, M. E. & Holstenkamp, L., 15.07.2018, In: Applied Energy. 222, July 2018, p. 772-780 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review