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The Aggregator as a Trust Builder in a Renewable Energy System

Authors:
Lasse Berntzen
Marius Rohde Johannessen
Qian Meng

Keywords: smart grid; flexibility; trust; prosumer; aggregator; ecosystem; plain language.

Abstract:
This paper focuses on the role of the aggregator as a trust builder in a smart grid with consumers and prosumers. An aggregator plays a new role in the energy market and represents a group of consumers and prosumers toward the market. The aggregator can negotiate prices and trade flexibility for its consumers and prosumers. Trading flexibility is vital to shave peaks in energy consumption. A survey among early adopters of renewable energy in households revealed a lack of trust in transferring control of electric vehicle charging, heating, and household appliances to an aggregator. The paper proposes measures to improve trust in the energy market, focusing on the aggregator role. Three categories of measures are suggested: regulatory, technical, and organizational, combined with a plain language policy.

Pages: 63 to 68

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: April 24, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-68558-077-3

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023