Industrial demand flexibility: A German case study
- Business opportunities for energy providers to utilize flexible industrial demand are platform-based, connecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to a virtual power plant (VPP) in complex ecosystems. Unlike in other VPPs, the focus is on participation, data, and control sovereignty for the SMEs. An exemplary application for an existing cement mill demonstrates positive margins. Viable VPP business models for small and medium-sized utilities include the “orchestrator,” i.e., adding value by linking services of specialized providers, the “integrator,” i.e., incorporating internal and external processes and resources, as well as the “white label user,” i.e., using a turn-key VPP from an exclusive cooperation partner.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Löbbe, Sabine; Hackbarth, André |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823810-3.00009-1 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-12-823810-3 |
| Erschienen in: | Variable generation, flexible demand |
| Publisher: | Academic Press |
| Place of publication: | London |
| Editor: | Fereidoon Sioshansi |
| Document Type: | Book chapter |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Tag: | Germany; energy management; industrial demand flexibility; innovative business and service models; virtual power plant (VPP) |
| Page Number: | 19 |
| First Page: | 371 |
| Last Page: | 389 |
| PPN: | Im Katalog der Hochschule Reutlingen ansehen |
| DDC classes: | 333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt |
| Open access?: | Nein |
