PUBLISHER: Guidehouse Insights | PRODUCT CODE: 1070453
PUBLISHER: Guidehouse Insights | PRODUCT CODE: 1070453
Power generation is undergoing a transition from a centralized, top down, and regulated model to a decentralized one with distributed networks that provide more reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity. The increased integration of variable energy resources, such as renewable energy-based resources, into the grid may fundamentally affect how it functions. distributed energy resources (DER) deployments offer stakeholders new revenue streams, and are opportunities for bringing more localized solutions to grid stability, reliability, and resiliency. Equally important, DER also offer multiple new revenue streams to stakeholders.
Introducing competition into electricity markets removes centralized control and allows the entry of independent power producers. In these markets, players no longer have responsibility for supplying power to all consumers, but can decide how to maximize their profit potential. Efficient coordination between transmission system operators (TSO) and distribution system operators (DSO) can enable increased participation of DER and aggregators in the wholesale electricity market. In addition to providing energy services, a DSO acts as a platform to exchange data between a TSO and DER or aggregators.
This Guidehouse Insights report provides an overview of DER opportunities in deregulated energy markets. It explores the changing role of system operators and various DER services to the grid. Additionally, it examines how DER owners can create multiple value streams using various business models and by participating in different markets. It also covers the enabling digitalized platforms that encourage stakeholder participation in the market.