Innovation and Disruption at the Grid's Edge
How Distributed Energy Resources are Disrupting the Utility Business Model
Published on 10. May 2017
460 pages
978-0-12-811763-7 (ISBN)
Description
Innovation and Disruption at the Grid's Edge examines the viable developments in peer-to-peer transactions enabled by open platforms on the grid's edge. With consumers and prosumers using more electronic platforms to trade surplus electricity from rooftop solar panels, share a storage battery, or use smart gadgets that manage load and self-generation, the grid's edge is becoming crowded.
The book examines the growing number of consumers engaging in self-generation and storage, and analyzes the underlying causes and drivers of change, as well as the implications of how the utility sector-particularly the distribution network-should/could be regulated. The book also explores how tariffs are set and revenues are collected to cover both fixed and variable costs in a sustainable way. This reference is useful for anyone interested in the areas of energy generation and regulation, especially stakeholders engaged in the generation, transmission, and distribution of power.
- Examines the new players that will disrupt the energy grid markets
- Offers unique coverage of an emerging and unpublished topic
- Helps the reader understand up-to-date energy regulations and pricing innovations
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How Distributed Energy Resources are Disrupting the Utility Business Model
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Content
Part I: Envisioning alternative futures 1. Innovation & disruption at the "grid's edge2. Innovation, disruption and the survival of the fittest3. The great rebalancing act: Rattling the electricity value chain from behind the meter4. Beyond community solar: Aggregating local distributed resources for resilience and sustainability5. Grid vs. distributed solar: What does Australia's experience say about the competitiveness of distributed energy?6. Powering the driverless electric car of the future7. Regulations, barriers and opportunities to the growth of DERs in the Spanish power sector8. Quintessential innovation for transformation of the power sector
Part II. Enabling future innovations 9. Bringing DERs into the mainstream: Regulations, innovation and disruption at the grid's edge10. Public policy issues associated with feed-in-tariffs and net metering: An Australian perspective 11. We don't need a new business model: "It ain't broke and it don't need fixin12. Towards dynamic network tariffs: A proposal for Spain13. Internet of Things and the economics of microgrids
Part III. Alternative business models 14. Access rights and consumer protection in a distributed energy system15. The transformation of the German electricity sector and the emergence of new business models in distributed energy systems16. Peer-to-peer energy matching: Transparency, choice and locational grid pricing17. Virtual power plants: Bringing the flexibility of decentralized loads and generation to power markets18. Integrated community-based energy systems: Aligning technology, incentives and regulations19. Solar grid parity and its impact on the grid
