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Microgrid communities: disclosing the path to future system-active communities
Mälardalen University, School of Business, Society and Engineering, Future Energy Center. Dalarna University, Falun, SE-791 88, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1276-6647
Jönköping international business school, Box 1026, Jönköping, SE-551 11, Sweden.
2022 (English)In: Sustainable Futures, E-ISSN 2666-1888, Vol. 4, article id 100079Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

To increase sustainability in future energy systems, both technical and social measures must be taken. Microgrid communities offer local balancing of supply and demand, while also integrating the community as an active part of the energy system. This study investigates two cases of microgrid communities; how they were realized and what wider effects they offered its communities and other stakeholders. The study shows that the microgrid collaboration between community and utility offers a new organizational division that can overcome the traditional locked-in position of the utility. This brings forward communities as system-active participants and a sustainably beneficial energy system for the future.

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Elsevier Ltd , 2022. Vol. 4, article id 100079
Keywords [en]
Energy community, Microgrid, Resilience, Socio-technical change, Sustainable transition
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Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-58782DOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2022.100079ISI: 000894141600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85130716503OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-58782DiVA, id: diva2:1683033
Available from: 2022-07-13 Created: 2022-07-13 Last updated: 2023-01-11Bibliographically approved
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1. Disruptive power: How distributed energy resources shape organizations and value logics in the future of electricity systems
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Disruptive power: How distributed energy resources shape organizations and value logics in the future of electricity systems
2022 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The electricity sector faces its largest transformation since its beginning about a century ago. Combinations of ageing electricity networks, removal of fossil supply sources and electrification of industry and transport sectors require vast efforts at all levels of society. Increasing renewable supply and demand sources means the growth of distributed energy resources. This thesis explores what this transformation means for society; how it affects the traditional actors and “new” active users in the energy system. Traditional actors include electrical utilities and distribution system operators; the “new” actors include different types of prosumers such as property companies and communities. In addition, the thesis investigates the nature of the energy transition towards an increasingly decentralized organization with the ultimate goal of increasing understanding of the potential values, organizational demands, institutional setup, and role changes required for this transformation. To investigate this, the thesis departs from theories of sustainable transition and applies analytical frameworks to different local energy systems cases, specifically small-scale solar PV plants and microgrids. The chosen empirical areas are motivated both by the recent growth in these technologies and that their features enable a complete decentralized energy system configuration, which is interesting as an extreme case in energy transition. Findings are presented in four different articles. One conclusion is that values from distributed energy resources go beyond what the current centralized system is able to provide.  Both traditional as well as “new” actors can benefit from these values, although it requires an understanding and endorsement of alternative “value logics” stemming from prosumer-oriented configurations. Further, the findings show the relation between values, engagement, and evolvement of roles and responsibilities for local energy systems.  These can be utilized by policymakers who desire to expand the renewable energy sector and, at the same time, increase incentives for users to actively engage in the energy system. However, the findings also show deep lock-ins in current centralized structures, both organizationally and institutionally, which need to be managed to realize the full potential of distributed energy resources. The thesis does, however, contribute with examples of proactive cases which can be utilized to learn from and create abilities among actors to transform along the decentralized energy transition pathway.

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Västerås: Mälardalens universitet, 2022
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Mälardalen University Press Dissertations, ISSN 1651-4238 ; 370
National Category
Energy Systems
Research subject
Energy- and Environmental Engineering
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urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-60282 (URN)978-91-7485-572-2 (ISBN)
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2022-11-24, B-322, Högskolan Dalarna, Borlänge, 13:00 (English)
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Available from: 2022-10-19 Created: 2022-10-19 Last updated: 2022-11-03Bibliographically approved

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