The Decentralized Energy Revolution [electronic resource] : Business Strategies for a New Paradigm /
Burger, C.author.
Weinmann, J.author.
The global energy system stands at the verge of a far-reaching paradigm shift. The established model of centralized supply services will be challenged by new, decentralized technologies, with Germany being an international role model for energy efficiency and renewable energy generation.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Decentralized Energy as a Disruptive Innovation; The design of the future energy system; How to read this book; 1 Empowerment Paradigm - The Age of the Prosumer; Technological drivers; Regulatory drivers; Empowerment drivers; Agents of change; 2 Small Is Beautiful; Theoretical framing; Industry development; Innovation competence of incumbents; Micro CHP; The efficiency advantage
Exploiting scarcity pricing in the wholesale market: virtual power plants (LichtBlick)Manufacturing synergies and economies of scale (Volkswagen); Micro turbines; Aviation technology for the energy market; Market entry and sales strategies (Greenvironment); Cooperations and alliances (Greenvironment and Viessmann); Findings on micro CHPs and micro turbines; 3 The Rise of Island Systems; Theoretical framing; Capabilities and collective empowerment; Race to the top and strategic differentiation; Bioenergy villages; The countryside strikes back; Ownership and participatory processes (Jühnde)
Information dissemination and Smart Community consulting (Jühnde)Recommunalization; The concept of citizen value (SWK, SWU, GASAG); Findings on empowerment and recommunalization; 4 Smart Management of Electricity and Information; Theoretical framing; Network externalities; Standardization and lock-in effects; Smart grid; The feed-in induced revolution (Siemens, EnBW Regional, and ODR); ICT to manage bidirectional power flows (Itron, Argentus, and ODR); Smart meters; Competing standards (Itron); Netting peak-shaving and increasing the share of flexible power demand (Itron, SWU, and Siemens)
Smart home and cross-selling opportunities (Siemens, E.ON)Findings on smart management of electricity and information; 5 Local Storage Solutions; Stationary storage; The alternative to grid renewal; Developing the blueprint for carbon-free energy systems (Younicos); Electric vehicles; A hype revisited; Combining lead markets and lead suppliers (Daimler); Findings on stationary storage and electric vehicles; 6 Enabling Negawatts; Theoretical framing; Inelastic demand for durable goods; Split incentives and the principal-agent dilemma; Transaction costs and incomplete contracts
Building efficiencyTechnological progress driven by standards?; Creating lasting ties with the building owner (co2online); Energy performance contracting; From engineering to economics; Product standardization as the key to customer management (Argentus); Risk reduction via guaranteed energy savings (Argentus); Findings on building efficiency and energy performance contracting; 7 Insights from Germany for a Decentralized Energy Future; 1 The decentralization snowball; 2 Emotionalization of energy; 3 From single technologies to systemic viability; 4 Exploiting market volatility
5 Guidance in the information tsunami
Includes bibliographical references.
The global energy system stands at the verge of a far-reaching paradigm shift. The established model of centralized supply services will be challenged by new, decentralized technologies, with Germany being an international role model for energy efficiency and renewable energy generation.
Leadership.
Management.
Industrial management.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Sales management.
Industrial management-Environmental aspects.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Sales/Distribution.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Sustainability Management.