Abstract
European utilities have been faced with major changes over the last two decades. The
highly regulated, monopolistic market is now mostly liberalized and distributed
renewable energy generation (DREG) has become widespread. Electricity from
renewables even has priority in the grid and is supported by feed-in-tariffs in order to
realize the “Energiewende”. This situation challenges the classic utilities’ business
model (UBM) of power generation in centralized, large-scale power plants and
additional business models (BM) for DREG seem vital. We framed morphological fields
for developing new BMs for small-scale DREG. Using this, the results of our qualitative
real-world BM research, and the literature base, we present five new utilities’ BMs for
mass and individual customers. These BMs are focused on optimized energy solutions
for the customers and suitability regarding market potential and utilities’ capabilities
highly regulated, monopolistic market is now mostly liberalized and distributed
renewable energy generation (DREG) has become widespread. Electricity from
renewables even has priority in the grid and is supported by feed-in-tariffs in order to
realize the “Energiewende”. This situation challenges the classic utilities’ business
model (UBM) of power generation in centralized, large-scale power plants and
additional business models (BM) for DREG seem vital. We framed morphological fields
for developing new BMs for small-scale DREG. Using this, the results of our qualitative
real-world BM research, and the literature base, we present five new utilities’ BMs for
mass and individual customers. These BMs are focused on optimized energy solutions
for the customers and suitability regarding market potential and utilities’ capabilities
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Making the Number of Options Grow. Contributions to the Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2013 |
| Place of Publication | Graz |
| Pages | 139-157 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2013: CRRC 2013 - KFU, Graz, Austria Duration: 12 Sept 2013 → 13 Sept 2013 |
Publication series
| Name | ISIS Reports |
|---|---|
| Volume | #6 |
Conference
| Conference | Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2013 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | CRRC 2013 |
| Country/Territory | Austria |
| City | Graz |
| Period | 12/09/13 → 13/09/13 |
Fields of Expertise
- Sustainable Systems
