Business Models for Demand Response: Exploring the Economic Limits for Small- and Medium-Sized Prosumers

Autor: Guntram Pressmair, Christof Amann, Klemens Leutgöb
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 14, Iss 21, p 7085 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en14217085
Popis: The European energy transition increasingly requires flexibility to ensure reliable operation of the electricity system, making use of demand response, a promising concept. With technological advances in the fields of big data analysis and the internet of things, small- and medium-sized prosumers could also provide flexibility services through aggregators. A lot of conceptual work has been conducted recently to formulate business models in this context, but their viability still remains unclear. In this paper, a quantitative validation is conducted of two business models that are frequently proposed in the scientific discussion. The aim of this work is to explore the economic limits of these business models and show under which conditions they can be profitable for small- and medium-sized prosumers. For this purpose, a multi-level contribution margin calculation for several scenarios, customer segments and target markets is conducted. The results show that the profitability for the participation of small loads is still very low under current market conditions. Especially for household consumers, transaction costs are too high to be covered by the revenues. Considering the quantitative results, in the future profitable business cases can only be expected for medium-sized tertiary consumers.
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