Abstract At present, as energy security has become one of the highest priorities discussed globally, swift social, ecological and economic changes in the energy market are taking place. In many countries, local cooperatives have been established that intend, among other goals, to purchase power grids and increase renewable energy production. This paper presents the outcomes of a research project devoted to one specific case – BurgerEnergie Berlin (BEB). This cooperative, which is bidding for a twenty-year concession to the Berlin power grid (the biggest in Germany), intends to modernise it after the purchase in order to change it into a smart grid and enable a number of local renewable sources to connect to it. A key success factors model for this cooperative – based on field studies and the use of inductive reasoning – is the original contribution to existing research on energy cooperatives. The presented qualitative analysis, taking into account the details of the process of bidding for the concession, can be an inspiration to cooperative researchers and practitioners and a contribution to a future discussion on alternative solutions to the issues of public utilities ownership and their management.

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合作社管理能源基础设施：以柏林电网为例

摘要当前，随着能源安全已成为全球讨论的最高优先事项之一，能源市场中的社会，生态和经济变化正在迅速发生。在许多国家，已经建立了地方合作社，这些合作社除其他目标外，还打算购买电网并增加可再生能源的产量。本文介绍了专门针对一个特定案例-BurgerEnergie Berlin（BEB）的研究项目的成果。该合作社正在竞标对柏林电网（德国最大的电网）进行20年的特许经营，打算在购买后对其进行现代化改造，以将其转变为智能电网，并使许多本地可再生能源连接起来对此。基于实地研究和归纳推理的使用，该合作社成功的关键因素模型是对现有能源合作社研究的最初贡献。提出的定性分析，考虑到特许权招标过程的细节，可能会启发合作研究人员和从业人员，并有助于将来讨论公用事业所有权及其管理问题的替代解决方案。