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
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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
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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
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Akzeptanz durch finanzielle Beteiligung?
Holstenkamp, L., 07.2018, Die Energiewende der Bürger stärken. Lautermann, C. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 271-288 18 p. (Theorie der Unternehmung; vol. 67).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stand und Herausforderungen der Bürgerenergie in Deutschland
Holstenkamp, L. & Kahla, F., 07.2018, Die Energiewende der Bürger stärken. Lautermann, C. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 17-35 19 p. (Theorie der Unternehmung; vol. 67).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bürgerenergiegesellschaften in Deutschland
Holstenkamp, L., Centgraf, S., Dorniok, D., Kahla, F., Masson, T., Müller, J. R., Radtke, J. & Yildiz, Ö., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1061-1080 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Concepts, Formats, and Methods of Participation: Theory and Practice
Radtke, J., Holstenkamp, L., Barnes, J. & Renn, O., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 21-42 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Dezentrale Energieversorgung in Deutschland in historischer Perspektive
Holstenkamp, L. & Stier, B., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 387-401 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Geschichte der Elektrizitätsgenossenschaften in Deutschland
Holstenkamp, L., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 403-419 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Disziplinäre, interdisziplinäre und transdisziplinäre Zugänge zu Energiewende und Partizipation: Einblicke in die sozial- und geisteswissenschaftliche Energie(wende)forschung
Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Disziplinäre Perspektiven auf Energiewende und Partizipation
Radtke, J. & Holstenkamp, L., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 75-79 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Einleitende Anmerkungen zum Ländervergleich: Definition von Bürgerenergie, Länderauswahl und Überblick über Fördermechanismen
Holstenkamp, L., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 897-917 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Finanzwirtschaftliche Annäherungen an das Phänomen Bürgerbeteiligung
Holstenkamp, L., Kahla, F. & Degenhart, H., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 281-301 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Forschung zu Energiewende und Partizipation: Ein Überblick über die Forschungslandschaft
Holstenkamp, L., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 817-828 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation
Holstenkamp, L. (Editor) & Radtke, J. (Editor), 2018, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 1183 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Zur Zukunft von Energiewende und Partizipation
Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1109-1115 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2017
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Interdisciplinary Review of Medium-deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in North Germany
Holstenkamp, L., Meisel, M., Neidig, P., Opel, O., Steffahn, J., Strodel, N., Lauer, J. J., Vogel, M., Degenhart, H., Michalzik, D., Schomerus, C.-T., Schönebeck, J. & Növig, T., 01.10.2017, In: Energy Procedia. 135, p. 327-336 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Entwicklung und Stand von Bürgerenergiegesellschaften und Energiegenossenschaften in Deutschland
Kahla, F., Holstenkamp, L., Müller, J. R. & Degenhart, H., 05.2017, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 35 p. (Arbeitspapierreihe Wirtschaft & Recht; no. 27).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Querschnittsstudie Erfolgsfaktoren für mitteltiefe Aquiferwärmespeicher in Norddeutschland
Holstenkamp, L., Lauer, J. J., Neidig, P., Opel, O., Steffahn, J., Strodel, N., Vogel, M., Degenhart, H., Michalzik, D., Schomerus, C.-T., Schönebeck, J. & Növig, T., 02.2017, In: Geothermische Energie. 26, 86, p. 26-27 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Finanzielle Bürgerbeteiligung in der Energiewende
Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J., 2017, Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung #2. Sommer, J. (ed.). Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Umweltstiftung, p. 454-468 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Klimapolitik und Entwicklung
Hein, W., Betz, J., Eucker, D., Hein, J., Holstenkamp, L. & Never, B., 2017, Handbuch globale Klimapolitik. Simonis, G. (ed.). Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, p. 397-448 52 p. 11. (utb; no. 8672).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Rise and Fall of Electricity Distribution Cooperatives in Germany
Holstenkamp, L., 2017, Cooperativism around the World: Opportunities and Challenges. Temel, B. (ed.). New York: Createspace Independent Pub., p. 85-95 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2016
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What are community energy companies trying to accomplish? An empirical investigation of investment motives in the German case
Holstenkamp, L. & Kahla, F., 01.10.2016, In: Energy Policy. 97, p. 112-122 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What drives the development of community energy in Europe? The case of wind power cooperatives
Bauwens, T., Gotchev, B. & Holstenkamp, L., 03.2016, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 13, p. 136-147 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2015
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Renewable energy cooperatives as gatekeepers or facilitators? Recent developments in Germany and a multidisciplinary research agenda
Yildiz, Ö., Rommel, J., Debor, S., Holstenkamp, L., Mey, F., Müller, J. R., Radtke, J. & Rognli, J., 03.2015, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 6, p. 59-73 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Anmerkungen zur Bestimmung der Finanzierbarkeit von Erneuerbare-Energien-Projekten als Bestandteil von Smart-Microgrid-Konzepten
Holstenkamp, L., Degenhart, H. & Bettinger, C., 2015, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Bank-, Finanz- und Rechnungswesen (IBFR), 28 p. (Arbeitspapierreihe Wirtschaft und Recht; no. 23).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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A systematic survey of business models for smart micro-grids under current legal and incentive conditions
Bettinger, C. & Holstenkamp, L., 2015, International ETG Congress 2015: die Energiewende; blueprints for the new energy age; proceedings; November 17 – 18, 2015, World Conference Center, Bonn. VDE Verlag GmbH, 8 p. 7388542. (ETG-Fachberichte; vol. 147).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Energiegenossenschaften -das Erfolgsmodell braucht neue Dynamik
Müller, J. R., Dorniok, D., Flieger, B., Holstenkamp, L., Mey, F. & Radtke, J., 2015, In: GAIA. 24, 2, p. 96-101 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Explaining Hybrid Forms of Governance and Financing in the German Biogas Sector
Holstenkamp, L. & Schneider, M., 2015, Neuere Theorien und Methoden in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus. Mußhoff, O., Brümmer, B., Hamm, U., Marggraf, R., Möller, D., Qaim, M., Spiller, A., Theuvsen, L., von Cramon-Taubadel, S. & Wollni, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster: Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.v, p. 435-436 2 p. (Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.; vol. 50).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Fallstudie 1: Die Inhaberschuldverschreibung von Hamburg Energie Solar
Holstenkamp, L., 2015, Handbuch Finanzierung von Erneuerbare-Energie-Projekten. Herbes, C. & Friege, C. (eds.). Konstanz und München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 403 - 414 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fazit und Ausblick
Plenz, M. & Holstenkamp, L., 2015, Pumpspeicher an Bundeswasserstraßen: Technische, wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen am Beispiel des Elbe-Seitenkanals. Degenhart, H., Schomerus, T. & Schulz, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, p. 101-103 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Grüner Strom aus der Region für die Region: Bericht über den gleichnamigen Workshop im Rahmen des Energieforums 2015 an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Bettinger, C. & Holstenkamp, L., 2015, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Bank-, Finanz- und Rechnungswesen (IBFR), 24 p. (Arbeitspapierreihe Wirtschaft und Recht; no. 24).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The Rise and Fall of Electricity Distribution Cooperatives in Germany
Holstenkamp, L., 2015, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Bank-, Finanz- und Rechnungswesen (IBFR), 22 p. (Arbeitspapierreihe Wirtschaft & Recht; no. 22).Research output: Working paper › Working papers