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preventing optimal deployment of
current business models have also
been defined. The business models
were tested to define the feasibility
for the real-life implementation.
Eight of them passed the test and
have been implemented under real
life conditions with consumers and
prosumers from several European
Member States. l
The project results are available
at the BestRES project
webpage: www.bestres.eu
For further information please
contact:
Silvia Caneva (WIP – Renewable
Energies)
.T silvia.caneva@wip-munich.de
Fabian Pause (SUER)
pause@stiftung-
umweltenergierecht.de
Elias De Keyser
(Next Kraftwerke)
DeKeyser@next-kraftwerke.be
The BestRES market design and renewable
project has energies recognizes that
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from the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under
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COMMUNICATION
Silvia Caneva, the project
coordinator from WIP, said: “The
BestRES project is the proof that
aggregators of decentralized
renewable energy units can close
the gap for an active participation
of consumers and prosumers in
the energy markets. Aggregators
define a new era for renewable
energy sources, since they make
possible the access to new
markets and services otherwise
not accessible for decentralized renewable energy units. She highlighted
that flexibility is the key to ensure the adaptation of the energy system to
the rise of intermittent generation, decentralized power production and
the regionalization of the electricity sector”.
Elias De Keyser, energy & flexibility
expert at Next Kraftwerke, said:
“The key technology to ensure
the provision of flexibility through
decentralized renewable energy
units is the virtual power plant (VPP),
which is defined as technology
platform that connects distributed
energy resources to markets and
services which they might otherwise
not have access to (Reference:
Bloomberg New Energy Finance). VPPs are the enablers since they cluster
decentralized renewable energy units and automatically dispatch the
generated renewable electricity”.
Fabian Pause, legal expert from
the Foundation for Environmental
Energy Law (SUER), said: “The
recently agreed Clean Energy
Package with its new rules on
aggregators are important enablers
for consumers and prosumers
in the future. Aggregation is now
clearly described as a function
taken by a person that combines multiple customer loads or generated
electricity for sale, for purchase or auction in any electricity market.
To support this role, the development of a clear legal framework for
decentralized market players like consumers and prosumers, both on EU
and national level, is crucial.