Transactive Energy Supply Arrangements

近年来，客户和小型供应商都对微型发电进行了大量投资，特别是在住宅光伏领域。然而，目前的计量安排非常基本，限制了这种投资的有效性，如果规定邻国之间可以直接进行能源贸易，并为此获得补偿，这种投资的真正潜力将得到释放。确定小型能源供应商面临的最大问题是挑战，促进小额支付，更具代表性的计费算法和当日定价将使供应商能够向当地最终用户出售能源。将能源储存包括在内可以在发展低碳能源系统方面发挥关键作用，为间歇性可再生能源提供灵活性和备用能源。了解如何在本地使用存储将改善配电网络的管理，降低成本并提高效率，支持电网脱碳并抵消昂贵的网络投资需求。我们的研究将为地方，分散和社区规模的未来能源供应安排提供障碍和推动因素。以经济上可行的方式直接与公用事业网络中的最终用户和生产商进行交易，目前是一项重大的商业和技术挑战，并非所有障碍都得到了很好的理解。通过跨学科研究，TESA项目将规划社会、技术、监管和设计途径，以实现未来向客户提供能源，这将进一步刺激小规模供应商和客户本身对发电的投资，减少国家对大规模基础设施投资的需求。

In recent years there has been a huge investment in micro generation from both customers and small scale providers, particularly in residential PV. However, current metering arrangements are very basic, which limits the effectiveness of this investment.If there was provision for neighbours to trade energy directly with each other, and be compensated for doing so, the true potential of this investment would be unlocked. Identifying the biggest issues for small scale energy providers is challenge, facilitating micro payments, more representative billing algorithms and time of day pricing would allow a provider to sell energy to local end-users. The inclusion of energy storage could play a key role in developing a low-carbon energy systems, bringing flexibility and providing back-up to intermittent renewable generation sources. Understanding how storage is to be used locally would improve the management of distribution networks, reduce costs and improve efficiencies, supporting grid decarbonisation and off-setting the need for costly network investment. Our research will inform on the obstacles and enablers for future energy supply arrangements at the local, decentralised and neighbourhood scales. Transacting directly with end users and producers deep down in the utility networks in an economically viable manner is currently a significant business and technological challenge with not all barriers well understood. Through cross disciplinary research the TESA project will landscape the social, technical, regulatory, and design pathways to enable the future supply of energy to customers that will further stimulate investment in electricity generation both from small scale providers and customers themselves, reducing the nation's demands for large scale infrastructure investments.