{"id":20265,"date":"2016-11-18T17:59:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T22:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/ready-to-become-an-energy-prosumer\/"},"modified":"2016-11-20T18:46:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T23:46:46","slug":"ready-to-become-an-energy-prosumer","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/ready-to-become-an-energy-prosumer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to become an energy prosumer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><b><i>A centuries old contract<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The universal access to an uninterrupted power supply has been an indisputable social right in modern Europe. While we were\u00a0going on with our normal consumption patterns, our power suppliers were working to seamlessly fulfill our predominantly<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0inflexible power demand. This \u201cback-stage\u201d balancing relied on high investments in grid infrastructure and (relatively) flexible generation facilities. Given the monopolistic nature of the power provision business, integrated energy utilities were in turn allowed to pass these investments through the regulated tariff, thus charging us for our inflexibility [1].<strong><em><b><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19775\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19775\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p2.png\" alt=\"p2\" width=\"443\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p2.png 944w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p2-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p2-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p2-600x409.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wind and solar generation vs. power demand in Germany, Dec 2012 [4]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><em><b><i>Hit by a perfect storm<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, two concurrent phenomena have started to increasingly challenge this historical agreement: the growing penetration of renewable generation and the market liberalization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><b>The intermittent, unpredictable and often distributed nature of renewable generation <\/b><\/strong>is significantly increasing the volatility of power supply, thus challenging its capability to match demand. Even highly flexible gas-fired plants [2] find it difficult to keep up with wind speed and sunshine variability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><b>The trend towards market liberalization and unbundling of vertically integrated utilities<\/b><\/strong> is making it more difficult for utilities to defend high power prices. By 2015, 53% of Swiss consumers eligible for free-market access (&gt;100MWh\/year) had decided to switch to free-market energy purchases [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><em><b><i>The digital lifeboat<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the above phenomena are exacerbating the need for DSI (Demand Side Integration), it is the rampant development of digital technologies that is providing utilities with tools to address these issues, by enabling a smart grid. In a smart grid, \u00a0an electric system able to host two-way power and information transfers between a high number of grid participants [5], consumers can receive real-time pricing information in order to modulate their demand in a way that optimizes their own cost-convenience function. While a universal smart grid is still a visionary concept, both utilities and new energy players have started to invest in this direction. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_19937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19937\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19937\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p7.png\" alt=\"p7\" width=\"644\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p7.png 946w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p7-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p7-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p7-600x212.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Schematic representation of the transition to smart grids [6]<\/b><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>A Swiss utility takes the lead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BKW Energie AG, one of the three major energy utilities in Switzerland has decided to gradually transition to an energy services business model [7], by turning its consumers into active market participants, with a number of dedicated initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><b>PowerFlex:<\/b><\/strong> Designed in collaboration with ENERnoc, an established US DSI developer [8], PowerFlex acts as a broker for power consumers on the balancing energy market. The platform monitors power prices and sends customized real-time production adjustment suggestions to the K-Boxes installed at each consumer\u2019s facility, thus allowing them to monetize their flexibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19777\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19777\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4.png\" alt=\"p4\" width=\"582\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4.png 1890w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p4-600x255.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 PowerFlex operating model [9]<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><b>FlexLast: <\/b><\/strong>Beyond dynamic consumption, FlexLast enables inertial consumers, such as commercial refrigerators to act as buffers for the energy grid, by storing energy at excess generation, to then consume it in times of shortage. The project was piloted in collaboration with IBM (whose European research headquarters are based in Zurich), MIGROS (one of the main Swiss retailers) and the national grid operator SwissGrid [10]<figure id=\"attachment_20040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20040\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20040\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8.jpg\" alt=\"p8\" width=\"555\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8.jpg 1486w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p8-600x392.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FlexLast operating model \u2013 animation available at [11]<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><b>Home Energy:<\/b><\/strong> As Swiss consumers increasingly turn into PV producers, BKW is providing them with an intelligent way to manage their own generation and consumption behaviors. This is done through a central controller that dictates the way solar power is distributed in between home appliances (including electric cars), stored or sold to the grid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_19780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19780\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19780 \" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p6.png\" alt=\"p6\" width=\"615\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p6.png 883w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p6-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p6-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/p6-600x262.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0BKW HomeEnergy system operation (left) and SolarLog controller (right) [12]<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><strong><b>What comes ahead?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, BKW has reported a 34% growth in revenues from energy services (incl., but not limited to the ones listed above), from 320 to 430 CHFM [8], partially offsetting the decay of their traditional business. However, the actual success of these business models is still highly uncertain, given both adoption and profitability challenges. Potential \u201cside effects\u201d, such as net increases in energy consumption are not excluded either [10]. I think the company should focus on the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proving commercial feasibility of the solutions, and customer\u2019s willingness to pay, given the very small share of energy costs in Swiss consumers\u2019 budgets<\/li>\n<li>Aggressively campaigning DSI\u2019s contribution to the transition to clean energy, given Swiss citizens\u2019 environmental awareness and drive<\/li>\n<li>Fostering their existing relations with the (still regulated) consumers (it is a lot easier to convert an existing customer, than one you\u2019ve already lost)<\/li>\n<li>Strategically managing their R&amp;D activities, as well as acquisitions and partnerships in a way that mitigates their dependency on technology players<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While its new journey has just begun, I strongly believe BKW\u2019s decision to embrace the energy transition is setting it up to become one of Europe\u2019s future leaders in energy services.<\/p>\n<p>1 Exceptions existed for large industrial consumers, and mostly outside Europe<\/p>\n<p>Word count: 777<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[1] Swiss Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), \u201cKostenrechnung fu\u0308r die Tarife 2015\u201d, 2015, https:\/\/www.elcom.admin.ch\/dam\/elcom\/de\/dokumente\/2014\/06\/wegleitung_zur_kostenrechnungfuertarife2015.pdf.download.pdf\/wegleitung_zur_kostenrechnungfuertarife2015.pdf, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[2] APS Panel on Public Affairs Committee on Energy &amp; Environment, \u201cIntegrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid\u201d, 2010, American Physical Society, https:\/\/www.aps.org\/policy\/reports\/popa-reports\/upload\/integratingelec.pdf, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[3] Swiss Federal Electricity Commission ElCom, \u201cEntwicklung der Wechselrate im Strommarkt\u201d, 2014, https:\/\/www.newsd.admin.ch\/newsd\/message\/attachments\/37360.pdf, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[4] SBC Energy Institute, \u201cElectricity Storage\u201d, 2013, http:\/\/www.sbcenergyinstitute.com\/_\/media\/Files\/SBC%20Energy%20Institute\/SBC%20Energy%20Institute_Electricity_Storage%20Factbook_vf1.pdf, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[5] Math H.J. Bollen, \u201cThe Smart Grid: Adapting the Power System to New Challenges\u201d, 2011, Morgan &amp; Claypool Publishers.<\/p>\n<p>[6] E-Energy, \u201cSmart Grid made in Germany\u201d, Symposion zur Themen der Normung und Standardisierung, Berlin, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>[7] BKW Group, \u201cAnnual Report 2015\u201d, 2015, https:\/\/bkw-portal-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/Webcontent\/bkw.ch\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/4_Ueber_BKW\/Downloadcenter\/UEber_BKW_Gruppe\/Geschaeftsbericht_2015_en.pdf, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[8] ENERNOC, \u201cThe World Leader in Energy Intelligence Software\u201d, 2016, https:\/\/www.enernoc.com\/, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[9] Christophe Bossel, \u201cBKW&#8217;s Experience with Demand Side Integration\u201d, 2015, http:\/\/www.irgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Bossel-Demand-Response-2015.pdf, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[10] Heather Clancy, \u201cIBM, Migros Test How Freezer Loads Could Balance the Grid\u201d, 2014, http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/heatherclancy\/2014\/02\/04\/ibm-migros-test-how-freezer-loads-could-balance-the-grid\/#2e191d2703f2, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[11] IBM, \u201cThe FlexLast Project\u201d, https:\/\/www.zurich.ibm.com\/flexlast\/infographic_en\/, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>[12] BKW, \u201cHome Energy\u201d, https:\/\/www.bkw.ch\/de\/privatkunden\/home-energy\/#c10100, accessed November 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Swiss utility embarks on the disruptive journey of turning its consumers into \u201cprosumers\u201d (active participants to the energy system) with the help of digital technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2124,"featured_media":20874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-20265","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/assignment\/digitization-challenge-2016\/","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ready to become an energy prosumer? 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