The typologies of power: Energy utility business models in an increasingly renewable sector
The typologies of power: Energy utility business models in an increasingly renewable sector
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.233
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发表时间：
2018-09-10
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Wrigley, Cara
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作者：
Bryant, Scott T.;Straker, Karla;Wrigley, Cara
在过去的十年中，能源公用事业公司一直面临着在寻求大幅提高能源部门可变可再生能源（VRE）水平的世界中维持正常能源生产的挑战。为了了解这一不断变化的行业的商业模式状况，对澳大利亚和欧洲的50家能源公用事业公司进行了分析。调查结果确定了4个新兴的能源公用事业和公用事业等效的商业模式类型，除了现有的传统能源公用事业类型：绿色能源公用事业，合作能源公用事业，Prosumer能源公用事业，Prosumer促进者。该研究表明，虽然能源公用事业和能源等效公用事业意识到需要创新和新的价值主张来应对不断变化的能源市场格局，但在如何在财务上适应VRE增加的影响方面存在差距。所有类型都被发现在财政上容易受到能源部门自愿可再生能源能力不断提高的影响。更具体地说，业务模式和支持业务战略很少考虑虚拟可再生能源对其生存能力的潜在未来影响。本文重点介绍了五种类型的商业模式适应的未来路线，并为VRE在实践和政策中的应用提供了见解。(C)2018爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有
In the last decade energy utilities have been confronted with the challenge of maintaining business-as usual energy production in a world seeking to dramatically increase levels of variable renewable energy (VRE) in the energy sector. To understand the state of business models in this changing sector, 50 Australasian and European energy utilities were analysed. Findings identified 4 emerging energy utility and utility equivalent business model typologies, in addition to the existing Traditional Energy Utility typology: the Green Energy Utility, the Cooperative Energy Utility, the Prosumer Energy Utility, and the Prosumer Facilitator. The study revealed that whilst energy utilities and energy equivalent utilities are aware of the need for innovation and new value propositions to deal with the changing energy market landscape, there is a gap regarding how they will financially adapt to the impact of increased VRE. All typologies were found to be financially vulnerable to increasing levels of VRE capacity present in the energy sector. More specifically, the business models and support business strategies rarely considered the potential future impact that VRE would have on their viability. This paper highlights proposed future routes of business model adaptation for the five typologies, and provides insights for VRE uptake in practice and policy. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.