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Behind and Beyond the Meter
Digitalization, Aggregation, Optimization, Monetization
Investigates the portfolio of barely tapped energy assets that exist behind and beyond the meter, examining their potential for aggregation and performance optimization in the decentralized power markets of the near future
Fereidoon Sioshansi (Edited by)
9780128199510, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 4 February 2020
460 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.9 cm, 0.95 kg
"A new book [delving into] the nitty gritty of similar and more broad-based production, use, storage and trading of behind-the-meter alternative energy technologies, Behind and Beyond the Meter looks at the rapidly changing energy sector driven by the rise of renewable resources on the supply side and equally dramatic developments on the demand side, including distributed generation and storage, electric vehicles and other like innovations. "It’s not far fetched," to imagine a future with many net zero energy communities, those generating and feeding into the network as many kWhs as they take out, Sioshansi emphasized. Standing in the way are regulatory barriers, including those that thwart localized trading of power. The editor and contributors urge regulators to avoid stifling innovation and instead to encourage and reward this energy innovation."--Elizabeth McCarthy, 9 Apr 2020, CA Current "provides a thorough survey of the issues arising from "behind" the meter. As the epilogue highlights, decentralisation and digitalisation are surely well underway, along with activation of new interactions, whether through aggregators, platforms or other means, justifying the initial claim of the book to cover most interesting and fertile territory." --Martin Crouch, 4D Economics
The historical ways in which electricity was generated in large central power plants and delivered to passive customers through a one-way transmission and distribution network – as everyone knows – is radically changing to one where consumers can generate, store and consume a significant portion of their energy needs energy locally. This, however, is only the first step, soon to be followed by the ability to share or trade with others using the distribution network. More exciting opportunities are possible with the increased digitalization of BTM assets, which in turn can be aggregated into large portfolios of flexible load and generation and optimized using artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Part One: Visionaries, dreamers, innovators 1. What lies behind-the-meter and why it matters? 2. It’s not science fiction: Going zero net energy and loving it 3. Creating value: Digitalization, aggregation and optimization of behind-the-meter assets 4. Customer participation in P2P trading: A German energy community case study 5. Aggregators today and tomorrow: From intermediaries to orchestrators? 6. Energy communities: A Dutch case study 7. The expanding role of home energy management ecosystems: An Australian perspective Part Two: Implementers and disrupters 8. Behind and beyond the meter: What’s in it for the system? 9. Working backwards to get behind the meter: What customer value, behavior, opportunity and uncertainty mean for new technologies 10. Aggregation of front- and behind-the-meter: The evolving VPP business model 11. Platform for trading flexibility on the distribution network: A UK case study 12. Smart meters: The gateway to behind-the-meter? 13. D3A Energy Exchange for a Transactive Grid 14. Emerging aggregator business models in European electricity markets Part Three: Regulators, policymakers and investors 15. BTM prospects: Do prices matter? 16. Regulating off-the-grid: Stand-alone power systems in Australia 17. Distribution network tariff design for behind-the-meter: Balancing efficiency and fairness 18. What market design, fiscal policy and network regulations are compatible with efficient BTM investments? 19. Two million plus solar roofs: What’s in it for the consumers? 20. Will behind-the-meter make a difference?
Subject Areas: Environmental policy & protocols [RND], Energy industries & utilities [KNB]
