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Such a process consists in the identification of obstacles to effective participation, the facilitation of access to information on EU regulation and policy frameworks, and the production of technical knowledge that reframes how renewable energy transition is understood as a field of political intervention. The impact of EC networks, and other networks of related community-led initiatives, on the EU energy policy framework is still relatively small when compared to centralized, large-scale providers of energy. It is constrained by how differently EU regulatory and policy packages address \u2018techno-energetic systems\u2019 in energy transition, as well as disparities in the transposition of EU legislation by Member States. Still, EC networks are building counterpower by facilitating bottom-up information and skill sharing, focusing on facilitating access to information on EU regulation and policy frameworks, as well as producing knowledge that frames the obstacles to effective participation of ECs in policymaking. It expands the understanding of renewable energy transition as a field of policy intervention beyond merely instrumental logic, centred on regulation and policy support to technological innovation, by mainstreaming a substantive logic based on a comprehensive socioecological framing that embeds energy transition in a multidimensional understanding of territorial development and governance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/cdj\/bsae059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,25]],"date-time":"2024-09-25T15:32:35Z","timestamp":1727278355000},"page":"106-123","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Transnational networks of energy communities as counterpower in the European Union renewable energy transition framework"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0417-6770","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana Margarida","family":"Esteves","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for International Studies 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