ERA-NET SmartGrid IMPROSUME - The impact of Prosumers in a Smart Grid base Energy Market

This project focuses on prosumers and their role and influence on the future energy market, and the role's impact on established structures will be highlighted. We will synthesize existing research in adjacent fields related to the issues addressed above . The research will include long-term and more transient scenarios where VPPs and micro-units emerge. We will study contingencies for consumer acceptance and adoption of the prosumer role and look at cause-effect scenarios at multiple levels including the high, medium and low voltage market. By applying theories from system dynamics and advanced operation research we will create simulation models that can help us study a number of effects that can affect the future market. Through this exercise we will de fine design criteria that can be applied both in the Nordic energy market, in Europe and beyond " To define and study the role of prosumers in the future power market. " To develop strategies for securing consumer acceptance and active participation, bas ed on solid knowledge of prosumer behaviour given a set of constraints and stimuli. " To analyze and develop possible business models for prosumers " To develop simulation models and analyze technical and commercial impact from prosumers, given differen t constraints and stimuli, business models and various combinations of distributed energy resources " To analyze different trading strategies covering inter- as well as intra-trading " To analyze the relation between the prosumers and technical and comm ercial aggregators (TVPP and CVPP) including operational criteria " To analyze the value chain prosumer-VPP-market " To extract constraints, rules and relationships that can help design and optimize the Smart Grid of tomorrow, the definition of new mark et mechanisms, trading instruments and grid management facilities to achieve optimal use of resources, high regularity, acceptable price levels and stability of supply as well as sustainable growth for the European countries