Innovative business models as drivers for prosumers integration - Enablers and barriers

Botelho, Daniel; Dias, Bruno H.; Oliveira, Leonardo W. de; Soares, Tiago; Rezende, Igor; Sousa, Tiago

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111057

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“…Furthermore, a few recent papers such as by Palm [14] and results from the COMETS project [15] assess barriers to implementing energy communities in EU countries, however not limited to the narrow definitions of the CEP. A set of recent publications investigates possible business models for CSC, RECs and CECs, that importantly depend on the national regulatory and policy frameworks as acknowledged by Botelho et al [16].…”

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Are We on the Right Track? Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities in the European Union

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To accelerate the energy transition, the EU “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package aims to strengthen the involvement of end consumers in the energy market. To this end, together with so-called “active consumers” and provisions for individual and collective renewable energy self-consumption, two types of energy communities were introduced. The EU framework, however, leaves many details of the transposition process to the national level. The corresponding directives were supposed to be transposed by the end of December 2020 (recast Electricity Market Directive, defining active consumers and citizen energy communities) and by the end of June 2021 (Renewable Energy Directive, defining renewables self-consumption and renewable energy communities). In this paper, we critically discuss major developments of the transposition, including questions of the general distinction of the different concepts, governance and ownership, physical expansion, administrative barriers and the overall integration of energy communities into the energy system. The analysis builds on country case studies as well as on previous work by the authors on the status of the transposition process throughout the EU. The paper shows that the national approaches differ greatly and are at very different stages. While basic provisions are in place in most Member States to meet the fundamental EU requirements, the overall integration into the energy system and market is only partly addressed. This concerns, for instance, the analysis of system impacts of energy communities and measures that would allow and support energy system-friendly behaviour. In addition, several practical hurdles need to be overcome. These often relate to administrative requirements such as complex registration and licensing procedures, the need for the involvement of several institutions, or difficult procedures for access to relevant data. The paper concludes that discussed barriers will need to be carefully addressed if the high expectations for the role of energy communities are to be met.

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“…The prosumers are enabled by the vast availability and affordability of powerful technologies (e.g., internet, 3D printing, design software, etc.) [47]. Other authors defined prosumption as value creation [48] and value exchange [49].…”

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Additive Manufacturing in the Clothing Industry: Towards Sustainable New Business Models

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2021

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The clothing industry is among the most polluting and waste-generating industries in the world, and it is responsible for the release of large amounts of greenhouse gases. The industry’s massive size and significant environmental footprint with regard to water and energy consumption and waste generation make it a valid improvement candidate. While in recent years, global clothing brands and retailers have taken steps to reduce their ecological footprint, there still is a lot of room for improvement. In this research, we view this sustainability issue from a lifecycle perspective and study the new business models (NBMs) that may arise from the utilization of additive manufacturing (AM) technology. AM is emerging as a method of production for final parts. Moreover, as the range of material and available production processes expands, it is increasingly important to study the potential impact of this promising production technology and potential NBMs enabled by it on the clothing industry. Additionally, the obstacles to AM utilization in the clothing industry are explored. We utilize secondary data related to relevant implementation cases to theoretically study the NBMs that AM can enable to improve sustainability. Three NBMs of “clothing as a service”, “collaborative consumption”, and “direct sale/distribution” were envisioned through the study of current AM applications in other industries, as well as current fashion trends. The results of this research have implications for the sustainability of the fashion industry while also providing directions for AM technology development.

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“…However, a move towards real-time pricing with prices being determined one interval at a time at 5-min intervals offers powerful tools for retailers and utilities to coordinate the diverse, intelligent distributed energy resources of their customers [11]. The transformation of residential and commercial buildings into prosumers with local renewable generation is one driver for such short interval real-time pricing markets [12]. Elma et al [13] proposed a domestic prosumer operating at five min intervals, rescheduling or curtailing loads according to forecasted local photovoltaic generation and real-time electricity prices.…”

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Robust Multi-Step Predictor for Electricity Markets with Real-Time Pricing

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Real-time electricity pricing mechanisms are emerging as a key component of the smart grid. However, prior work has not fully addressed the challenges of multi-step prediction (Predicting multiple time steps into the future) that is accurate, robust and real-time. This paper proposes a novel Artificial Intelligence-based approach, Robust Intelligent Price Prediction in Real-time (RIPPR), that overcomes these challenges. RIPPR utilizes Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) to transform the spot price data stream into sub-series that are optimized for robustness using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. These sub-series are inputted to a Random Vector Functional Link neural network algorithm for real-time multi-step prediction. A mirror extension removal of VMD, including continuous and discrete spaces in the PSO, is a further novel contribution that improves the effectiveness of RIPPR. The superiority of the proposed RIPPR is demonstrated using three empirical studies of multi-step price prediction of the Australian electricity market.

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Innovative business models as drivers for prosumers integration - Enablers and barriers

Cited by 64 publications

References 70 publications

Are We on the Right Track? Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities in the European Union

Are We on the Right Track? Collective Self-Consumption and Energy Communities in the European Union

Additive Manufacturing in the Clothing Industry: Towards Sustainable New Business Models

Robust Multi-Step Predictor for Electricity Markets with Real-Time Pricing

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