A Collaborative Energy System - How the Sharing Economy Affects the Energy Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 17694
Author(s):  
Frederik Plewnia ◽  
Edeltraud M. Guenther
Keyword(s):  
Energy System ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Energy Sector

scholarly journals The Energy System and the Sharing Economy: Interfaces and Overlaps and what to Learn from them

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Plewnia
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Research ◽  
Renewable Energy Generation

The dissemination of decentralized renewable energy generation, storage and smart metering devices has led to the need for new business models and coordination mechanisms in the energy sector. At the same time, the emerging sharing economy focuses on using digital platforms to coordinate value creation on a decentralized level. While sharing concepts have already been applied to specific energy technologies and microgrids, a more general understanding of what the sharing economy means in the context of the energy sector is still missing. This paper aims to bring these two topics together and to analyze their interfaces and overlaps. For this purpose, this paper draws from existent scientific publications, reports, blog posts, and websites as well as company workshops to discuss which activities and characteristics of the sharing economy might be applicable to the energy sector. Results show that there are significant overlaps in characteristics of the sharing economy and of the transitioning energy system. Furthermore, a broad range of business models within the energy system were found to be based on sharing resources. The findings of this study open up a range of new research and business opportunities at the interface of the sharing economy and the transitioning energy system.

The Australian Energy Transition as a Federalism Challenge: (Un)cooperative Energy Federalism?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Anne Kallies
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
State Governments ◽  
National Importance ◽  
Energy Environment ◽  
Timely Fashion ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Cooperative Federalism

Abstract The law and regulation of the energy sector in Australia is subject to overlapping responsibilities of both federal and state governments. Crucially for energy transition efforts, neither energy, environment nor climate is mentioned in the Australian Constitution. Australia has a tradition of creative cooperative federalism solutions for responding to problems of national importance. In the energy sector this has resulted in an intricate national framework for energy markets, which relies on mirror legislation passed by participating states, with oversight by state and federal executive governments. Independently of these frameworks, both federal and state governments have passed climate change legislation, which crucially includes renewable energy support mechanisms. At a time when a rapid transition to a decarbonized energy system is essential, legal frameworks struggle to respond in a timely fashion. The political discourse around energy has become increasingly toxic – reflecting a dysfunctional state–federal relationship in energy and climate law. Australia needs to consider whether its cooperative federalism solutions are sufficient to support the energy transition and how climate law at the state and federal levels interacts with energy market legal frameworks.

scholarly journals Conceptualising flexibility: Challenging representations of time and society in the energy sector*

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Blue ◽  
Elizabeth Shove ◽  
Peter Forman
Keyword(s):  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Broad Agreement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Rhythms ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Do So

There is broad agreement that the need to decarbonise and make better use of renewable and more intermittent sources of power will require increased flexibility in energy systems. However, organisations involved in the energy sector work with very different interpretations of what this might involve. In describing how the notion of flexibility is reified, commodified, and operationalised in sometimes disparate and sometimes connected ways, we show that matters of time and timing are routinely abstracted from the social practices and forms of provision on which the rhythms of supply and demand depend. We argue that these forms of abstraction have the ironic effect of stabilising interpretations of need and demand, and of limiting rather than enabling the emergence of new practices and patterns of demand alongside, and as part of, a radically decarbonised energy system. One way out of this impasse is to conceptualise flexibility as an emergent outcome of the sequencing and synchronisation of social practices. To do so requires a more integrated and historical account of how supply and demand constitute each other and how both are implicated in the temporal organisation of everyday life. It follows that efforts to promote flexibility in the energy sector need to look beyond systems of provision, price, technology, and demand-side management narrowly defined, and instead focus on the social rhythms and the timing of what people do.

scholarly journals TYPOLOGIZATION OF “SMART” ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO PECULIARITIES OF DOMESTIC ENERGY NETWORKS

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
I. Vakulenko ◽  
S. Kolosok
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Energy System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Energy Networks ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Energy Innovation ◽  
Domestic Energy

The article deals with the technological possibilities of building smart energy networks in Ukraine based on the use of smart innovative and environmentally friendly solutions for the country's energy complex. To this aim, we have typologized innovative energy solutions used in European Union countries, the United States of America and a number of other countries that are actively building smart energy networks, transforming their own energy system in accordance with current requirements. The article identifies six innovative technologies (directions), the use of which will allow to expand the technical arsenal of means for modernization of the energy sector of Ukraine. Keywords: energy sector, energy innovation, smart grids.

scholarly journals TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY INNOVATIONS DURING SMART GRIDS DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
I. Vakulenko ◽  
N. Petrenko
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Energy Technologies

The article considers the conditions created in different countries of the world to implement processes that focus on the modernization of the energy sector of the economy through the widespread introduction of advanced innovative energy technologies. The paper argues that there is a link between economic and social development indicators and the results of the functioning of their energy sector, namely the existing impact of energy on the positive dynamics of economic and social indicators. The spread of energy innovations is a critical factor for the modernization of the energy sector following modern requirements for energy production, transportation, and distribution. Accordingly, investments directly in the energy sector and research and development activities aimed at creating new energy technologies are considered an essential indicator of the formation of preconditions for the transfer of energy technologies, including innovation. One of the leading indicators that characterize the existing and potential opportunities for new technologies is the number of innovative enterprises. Accordingly, one of the tasks aimed at modernization and further development of the energy system should be to promote the creation and support of innovative enterprises. It requires creating a new or improvement of the existing mechanism for creating a favorable business environment for innovation. Therefore, the article mentions the need to study the relationship between the number of innovative enterprises in the country and public spending on research and development. For complete coverage of the issue, the paper presents information on the volume of these expenditures in terms of GDP. The analysis of this information led to the conclusion that there is no connection between the number of innovative enterprises and the amount of public expenditure on R&D. This connection is typical of a limited number of countries. At the same time, the experience of some countries shows that in addition to state support for innovation and innovation transfer, a significant role is played by established and functioning market mechanisms that allow achieving a high level of innovation development.

scholarly journals URGENSI PENGATURAN PENGEMBANGAN ENERGI TERBARUKAN SEBAGAI WUJUD MENDUKUNG KETAHANAN ENERGI NASIONAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Faisal Faisal
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
National Energy Security ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Government ◽  
Oil And Gas Sector

Energy sovereignty in Indonesia is experiencing problems with a decline in national energy security. Indonesia's energy system is currently facing serious challenges. The imbalance in the condition of energy supplies with national energy needs, especially the oil and gas sector and efforts to fulfill national energy needs in a sustainable manner are the main problems of this nation in the energy sector. It is absolutely necessary to have strategic efforts in the field of creating new and renewable energy. Although the government has issued various policies to catch up, but to realize national energy security, it is necessary to urgently regulate the development of renewable energy as a form of supporting national energy security. As for the formulation of the problems raised in this study are: support national energy security in Indonesia? 2) what is the urgency of regulating the development of renewable energy as a form of supporting national energy security? This research will use normative juridical research and supported by empirical juridical research so that it will be able to see the conditions of developing renewable energy as a form of supporting national energy security in Indonesia. To realize this, it is necessary to urgently regulate the development of renewable energy as a form of supporting national energy security.

scholarly journals Energy Aspect of Ukrainian-Russian Conflict of the End of XX and the XXI Centuries

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Halyna Lutsyshyn ◽  
Nataliia Lukach
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Energy Aspect ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
The Eu

The article deals with bilateral Russia and Ukraine power relations, urgent questions of their cooperation and form of realization of large Russia foreign economic projects. The separation of bilateral Ukrainian-Russian relations in the energy sector is quite conditional, the authors have studied. Because they are objectively inscribed in the relations of both countries with a third party – first of all, European countries as consumers of energy resources transported through the territory of Ukraine. Thus, both from the point of view of the technological chain (producer-transit-consumer) and from the economic point of view (seller-provider of transportation services-buyer), these relations should be considered in a tripartite format. It tries to determine possible threats of Ukraine’s national security in the context of Russia foreign power strategy realization. Ukrainian-Russian relations in the energy sector are quite dynamic, but cannot be assessed unambiguously due to the presence of a combination of positive and negative factors and trends. They largely depend on the general state of relations between the two capitals, and sometimes have a decisive influence on them. It has been investigated that the weaknesses of the Ukrainian energy sector since independence in 1991 shed light on the fundamental link between energy security and national security. From the point of view of global energy processes, one should take into account the favorable geopolitical and geographical position of Ukraine and its related role as a transit state. The integration of the Ukrainian energy system into the European one is a component of Ukraine’s strategic goal of joining the EU. Ukraine has a sufficiently strong and developed gas, oil and electricity networks, connected to the transport networks of the EU and CIS countries: Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, which allows it to participate in the formation of European energy policy and common energy market, play an important role in energy cooperation between the CIS and the EU.

scholarly journals The Perspective of the Trilateral Cooperation Between Ukraine, Romania and Moldova in the Field of Energy

2018 ◽  
pp. 296-301
Author(s):  
Elvira Senic
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Unique Source

Ensuring energy security is one of the priority objectives on the Ukrainian-Romanian-Moldovan dimension. Undeniable is the fact that the energy situation în these three countries differs considerably. But the need for cooperation is evident and caused by our countries' aspirations for sustainable development, economic growth and the welfare of the population în the region. The Republic of Moldova is a net importer of energy, the natural gas purchased from a unique source representing the major fuel source. Much of the country's electricity consumption is covered by imports from Ukraine. The bilateral relations of cooperation between Romania and Moldova în the energy sector refer în particular to the practical realization of the interconnection investment projects în the natural gas segment through the second phase of the Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline to Chisinau, as well as on the electricity segment. Achieving projects to connect to the EU energy system would create an efficient energy security network for all states în the area and favorable conditions for the multifunctional development of the economy of all countries în the region. Keywords: trilateral relationships, energy sector, donor, energy consumer

System synthesis in developing the mechanisms to bolster innovation in the Russian energy sector: Methodological issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2012-2049
Author(s):  
A.A. Nikonova
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Energy Complex ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Face

Subject. I consider methodological issues of developing the organizational and economic mechanisms to stir up innovation in the energy sector, taking into account structural, technological and other features of the Russian fuel and energy complex and poorly predicted economic dynamics. Objectives. The aim is to elaborate a methodology for identifying adequate control actions that contribute to the modernization of the fuel and energy complex (FEC) and introduction of new energy technologies in the face of external and internal instability. Methods. The concept of methodological support to innovative mechanisms is presented as a result of analysis and synthesis of economic facilities and systems. Significant factors of energy development are viewed within the entire socio-economic system. Results. I structured fundamental stages of analysis and synthesis of the energy system to obtain realistic assessments of innovative potential and select adequate mechanisms to support innovation and modernization. I devised a conceptual model to choose control actions from the perspective of the systemic paradigm of the FEC development, unlike the Russian practice of making fragmentary and episodic organizational, economic, technological and other decisions. Conclusions. The paper presents current trends in innovation. It highlights areas of control actions that can contribute to enhancing the innovation in the sector. The systems approach to mechanisms for stirring up innovations enables to increase their viability and flexibility.

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