The political economy of P2P energy

“The political economy of P2P energy” is the alternative title that I could give to George Papanikolaou’s, who is a member of the P2P Foundation in Greece, very interesting and thought-provoking text written for the new special issue of the political journal Re-public. The article is called “P2P energy production and the social conflicts in the era of green development” , and the author maintains that since the direct production process is the one that defines distribution, the single most important innate advantage of P2P production is that it ensures, on a long term and on a stable basis, a fairer and more equal distribution of wealth. In distributed production, argues George Papanikolaou, the largest part of the energy produced is intended for individual consumption, limiting the field of the market to exchanges of energy. A network that allows, without the mandatory intervention of a third party, the reversal of energy flows between peers, delimitates even more the sphere of the market and the official monetary circulation. See the new issue here and read Papanikolaou’s article here.

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