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Silvia Ulli-Beer

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Prosumer communities as strategic allies for electric utilities

Exploring future decentralization trends in Switzerland

A prosumer community is a group of households that are organized together to consume energy from a common decentralized generation system such as solar photovoltaic (PV). The development of prosumer communities poses a threat to electric utilities, which currently apply a busines ...

Participative Modelling of Socio-Technical Transitions

Why and How Should We Look Beyond the Case-Specific Energy Transition Challenge?

Participative modelling (PM) is a promising approach to mutual learning about causal mechanisms and dynamics in socio-technical transitions. However, case-specific PM initiatives often fail to generate insights that inform related cases. We address this methodical limitation in a ...
Netznutzungsgebühren dienen der Deckung der Kosten für Aufbau und Erhalt des Stromnetzes. Mit zunehmender Zahl privater PV-Anlagen und Eigenverbrauchslösungen ist die Verteilung dieser Kosten auf die Endkunden nach dem heutigen Tarifmodell aber nicht mehr verursachergerecht. Deme ...

Decentralisation dynamics in energy systems

A generic simulation of network effects

Distributed generation is becoming increasingly important in energy systems, causing a transition towards decentralisation. These decentralisation dynamics are difficult to predict in their scope and timing and therefore present a major challenge for utility companies. This paper ...
Distributed generation is becoming increasingly important in energy systems, causing a transition of regional energy systems. These decentralisation dynamics are difficult to predict in their scope and timing and therefore become a major challenge for political decision makers, u ...