Table 2 Interview findings to include in future images
From: Reshaping roles and value logics among distributed system operators for future electricity systems
Finding | Description | Focus area |
|---|---|---|
Increase of distributed production resources (solar PV) | More bidirectional flows and variable production patterns in distribution grids require better measurement and prognosis tools | Technology |
Modular systems | Future energy systems are based on small-scale resources which can easily be added or removed | Technology/Organizational |
Peer to peer (P2P) markets | Prosumers trade electricity and other services between themselves, possibly without middlemen, if using, e.g., blockchain solutions | Market and Economy |
Growth of electric vehicles | Massive growth of electric transport requires high power and can limit grid function | Technology |
Electrification of industry | Industrial electrification requires vast amounts of power and, as a result, increased transmission capacity | Technology |
Flexibility services | Flexibility markets are promising but require a new organization including new and reshaped roles, business models and the division of responsibilities between DSO and flexibility provider to be fully realized | Organization/Market and Economy |
Fair distribution of rural/urban | How to create an equal and fair transition to more privately owned energy resources | Social/Organization |
Energy communities | Regulations must be clear, and responsibilities explicitly stated | Social/Organization |