Shift, Not Drift: Towards Active Demand Response and Beyond - THINK Project | Xian He
Channel: Florence School of Regulation
Date: 11/07/2013

Shift, Not Drift: Towards Active Demand Response and Beyond
Author: Xian He  (Research Assistant, Florence School of Regulation)
Category: FSR webinar recording
Level: advanced
Date of release: July 2013

This is a recording of webinar held on 2nd July 2013, moderated by Magdalena Mos (FSR Training Coordinator)
 
In this webinar Xian He (Research team leader of the THINK project of Florence School of Regulation) discusses the crucial role of demand response to respond to the flexibility challenge posed by the integration of renewable energy in Europe.
In the webinar Xian challenges the scepticism on consumer engagement in active demand response, and pointed out the need to assess consumers' potential and willingness to engage in active demand response by adopting a consumer-centred approach.
The webinar discusses three issues:

      1) Firstly, the webinar provides an analytical framework to systematically assess the potential and willingness of consumers to participate in demand response, which could be translated into different types of demand response contracts. To describe the potential of consumers to engage in demand response Xian  distinguishes different 'load mixes' of consumers; to describe the willingness to participate in demand response Xian distinguishes various parameters of consumer preferences. 
      2) Secondly, the webinar looks at the question how active demand response could be realised. To do so, Xian discusses pros and cons of different intermediaries to propose demand response contracts to consumers. Xian stresses the need of an adequate range of intermediaries as to ensure the existence of an adequate range of demand response contracts. Xian also provides recommendations for a toolkit to empower and protect consumers. 
      3) Thirdly, the webinar asks whether the current market design is suited to accommodate active demand response. Xian argues that a new market design for retail markets is needed to fully accommodate demand response. She presents one such design referred to as 'real-time market'.
 
 
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