Prosumer Communities and Relationships in Smart Grids: A Literature Review, Evolution and Future Directions
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- Eunice Espe
- Discipline of Business Information Systems, School of Management, Curtin University, Perth 6107, Australia
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- Vidyasagar Potdar
- Discipline of Business Information Systems, School of Management, Curtin University, Perth 6107, Australia
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- Elizabeth Chang
- School of Business, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra 2612, Australia
Description
<jats:p>Smart grids are robust, self-healing networks that allow bidirectional propagation of energy and information within the utility grid. This introduces a new type of energy user who consumes, produces, stores and shares energy with other grid users. Such a user is called a “prosumer.” Prosumers’ participation in the smart grid is critical for the sustainability and long-term efficiency of the energy sharing process. Thus, prosumer management has attracted increasing attention among researchers in recent years. This paper systematically examines the literature on prosumer community based smart grid by reviewing relevant literature published from 2009 to 2018 in reputed energy and technology journals. We specifically focus on two dimensions namely prosumer community groups and prosumer relationships. Based on the evaluated literature, we present eight propositions and thoroughly describe several future research directions.</jats:p>
Journal
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- Energies
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Energies 11 (10), 2528-, 2018-09-21
MDPI AG
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1361699996384879616
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- ISSN
- 19961073
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- Data Source
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- Crossref