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Nevertheless, the (dis)incentives for the wider adoption of local production and self-consumption of energy (also known as \u201cprosumerism\u201d) from renewable energy sources (RESs) are still not sufficiently addressed, nor are the broader social\u2013ecological benefits of introducing RES as part of a sustainable viticulture strategy. Drawing on the social\u2013ecological systems (SESs) resilience framework, this article presents the results of a Living Lab (an action-research approach) implemented in Alentejo (South of Portugal), which is an important wine-producing Mediterranean region. The triangulation of results from the application of a multi-method approach, including quantitative and qualitative methods, provided an understanding of the constraining and enabling factors for individual and collective RES prosumer initiatives. 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