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Virtual power plants: a story of market rules and smartgrids

March 15, 2019 by Energy Post Premium

Access to the grid-balancing market is competitive and carefully regulated. Green electricity from distributed and behind-the-meter renewable assets is already being traded on wholesale and balancing markets. The assets come in all shapes and sizes: roof-top solar, farmyard biofuel installations, EV and home battery systems, community energy projects, wind installations and heat pumps to name but a few. When they are pooled, by aggregators, they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, PREMIUM, Smartgrids Tagged With: baseload, behind-the-meter, coal power, control price, ENTSO-E, grid balancing, new energy companies, Next Kraftwerke, PCR, renewables, Shell, Sonnen, transition, TSOs, Virtual power plants

Electricity’s future: mostly behind the meter

October 5, 2018 by Fereidoon Sioshansi

distributed generation and storage behind the meter energy resources

The electricity sector has traditionally taken good care of getting energy from power plants to customer premises. But with the arrival of distributed generation and storage, there is a universe of possibilities on the other side of the meter, writes independent energy expert Fereidoon Sioshansi. “While the industry counts the billions it has invested in assets upstream of the meter, there is probably as much if not more on the customer side.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Markets, Renewables Tagged With: behind-the-meter, blockchain, electricity market, energy storage, solar power

European utilities have increased their activity in energy cloud platforms

September 7, 2018 by Alex Metz

The energy industry is experiencing a profound transformation as the sector moves towards a more intelligent, more distributed, and cleaner use of electricity, referred to as the Energy Cloud. According to digital innovation expert Alex Metz of Navigant, European utilities are increasingly recognising the value of integrated distributed energy resources (DER) and the potential of the Energy Cloud. In this article he looks at the activities of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Energy Outlooks, Renewables Tagged With: behind-the-meter, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, financing, renewables, smart grids

Exclusive – top energy influencer Jan Vrins, Navigant: “Europe not looking enough behind-the-meter”

September 5, 2018 by Karel Beckman

Europe is focused too much on expanding renewable energy generation, and is threatening to miss out on the huge opportunities in the energy market that are emerging behind-the-meter, says top influencer Jan Vrins, Managing Director at the U.S.-based global consultancy Navigant, in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. According to Vrins, who is leading a practice of 600 energy experts, North America is forging ahead of Europe. “We are seeing a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Energy Outlooks Tagged With: behind-the-meter, climate change, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, financing, infrastructure, renewables, smart grids, US energy policy

New trend: storage-as-a-service

August 31, 2018 by Fereidoon Sioshansi

New business models are emerging to aggregate and manage behind-the-meter investments, writes energy expert Fereidoon Sioshansi. One example: storage-as-a-service. In Vermont in the U.S. Green Mountain Power offers its customers a Tesla Powerwall battery for $15 a month. Courtesy EEinformer. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Innovations, Renewables Tagged With: behind-the-meter, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, financing, renewables, smart grids

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