Project: New energy business models in the distribution grid
| Acronym | NEMoGrid (Reference Number: 82149) |
| Duration | 01/04/2017 - 31/03/2020 |
| Project Topic | The increase of distributed energy resources (DERs) reduces the energy sales of the distribution system operators (DSO). Given the present tariff scheme, the utilities will likely counterbalance the missing income deriving from a reduction in the amount of energy sold by increasing grid tariffs. As a consequence, prosumers might decide to further increase self-consumption, invest in local storage technologies and even disconnect themselves from the grid, inducing the so called death spiral in the utility sector. The goal of the project is to design and evaluate innovative business models favoring the integration of DERs in the distribution grid by attaining an economic and technical optimum at community level, considering three scenarios: centralized DSO planned, voltage based tariff (decentralized), P2P distributed market using blockchain for energy transactions. The proposed scenarios will be evaluated in simulation and validated in two demo sites in Switzerland and Sweden. |
| Network | ERANet SmartGridPlus |
| Call | ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus 2nd joint call |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana | Partner | Switzerland |
| 2 | Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg | Partner | Germany |
| 3 | Slock.it UG | Partner | Germany |
| 4 | sonnen GmbH | Partner | Germany |
| 5 | Gemeinde Wüstenrot | Partner | Germany |
| 6 | Technische Universität Chemnitz | Partner | Germany |
| 7 | Ngenic AB | Partner | Sweden |
| 8 | Sustainable Innovation | Partner | Sweden |
| 9 | Upplands Energi ekonomisk förening | Partner | Sweden |