Platform Services Facilitating the Participation of Active Households in the Energy System - a Transaction Cost Perspective

Sabine Pelka, Dominik Kern, Jan George

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Abstract

Platforms facilitate the participation of households and their energy assets in the energy system. Platform services are considered attractive for households if the energy cost savings exceed the transaction cost of the service. We conceptualize different platform architecture, quantify their transaction cost and compare it to potential energy cost savings from the literature. The design of its communication infrastructure especially influences the attractiveness of the platform architecture for two reasons. First, its other cost, particularly the platform core, accounts only for a minor cost share. Second, the grey and scientific literature discusses multiple communication infrastructure designs referring to smart metering. For the German case, two key design options, the certified and regulated advanced metering infrastructure and the agile Internet of Things based communication are combined into a third option to create a fully functional and certified infrastructure. This is the most attractive option for households deploying multiple flexibility sources or one large and predominantly controllable one (such as a heat pump).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication18th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2022
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781665408967
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event18th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2022 - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Duration: 13 Sept 202215 Sept 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM
Volume2022-September
ISSN (Print)2165-4077
ISSN (Electronic)2165-4093

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2022
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityLjubljana
Period13/09/2215/09/22

Bibliographical note

Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Energy Trading Platform
  • Intermediary
  • Smart Metering
  • Transaction Cost Economics

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