INTELLIGENT_D2.3_Stakeholder and context requirements [M9]

The report presents the main results and insights gathered within the task on human-centred requirements and context analysis, performed as a part of the Horizon Europe project INTELLIGENT. The aim of the task was to examine user and stakeholder perspectives on peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading and participation in local and renewable energy communities. The work combined cross-country online surveys, end-user workshops, stakeholder workshops, and the development of a socio-ecological framework. Surveys showed that financial benefits, energy self-sufficiency, and environmental motives drive participation, while barriers include limited technical understanding, organisational complexity, information gaps, and financial constraints. Workshops confirmed the need for transparent information, hybrid automation, simple and adjustable interfaces, and equitable pricing, and highlighted regulatory uncertainty, infrastructure limits, and trust issues. Stakeholders emphasised the importance of supportive regulation, intuitive platforms, interoperability, and community engagement. The socio-ecological model synthesised risks and enabling factors across individual to societal levels, underscoring the need for context-sensitive solutions. Overall, findings show that successful P2P trading and energy community participation require transparent, reliable, user-centric platforms supported by trust-building and enabling governance, forming a basis for socially accepted and scalable energy community models.