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Power Economy Economic solutions for the power economy

Mastering the innovation dilemma means finding the balance between operational efficiency and strategic development - a particular challenge for companies in the energy industry in times of upheaval. The Energy Industry Competence Center combines a wide range of competencies to develop solutions for a sustainable energy future.

COMPETENCES

Multiple Benefits of Efficiency Measures

The realisation of an energy efficiency measure is beneficial for the environment. The extent to which also a business can profit from the implementation of an energy efficiency measure can be indicated by identifying, quantifying and monetising the associated multiple benefits.

Business Model Innovation

New business models and innovative techno-economic solutions support the market penetration of decentralised multi-energy systems in individual buildings as well as in entire districts.

Electricity Grids

The structural change of the energy market offers new opportunities to all market players. The development of new business models as well as the performance of market and technology analyses supports the market introduction of new products and services.

About the Competence Center Power Economy

Projects and Publications

PACE project

FCH JU PACE

PACE is a five-year Horizon 2020 project that will deploy more than 2’800 of the next generation FC-mCHP units in ten European countries by 2021. The focus lies on the application in the building sector, simultaneously producing heat and electricity in homes and thus allows overall efficiencies of over 90 percent. The aim of the project is to improve market development for FC-mCHPs in order to exploit economies of scale and reduce costs in the longer term.

FCH JU QualyGridS

FCH JU QualyGridS

The overall objective of the QualyGridS project is to establish standardized testing protocols for electrolysers to perform electricity grid services. Alkaline electrolysers and PEM electrolysers will both be considered within the QualyGridS project. A variety of different grid services will be addressed as well as multiple hydrogen end users. The protocols developed will be applied to both alkaline and PEM electrolysers systems, respectively, using electrolyser sizes from 50 kW to 300 kW. Additionally, a techno‐economic analysis of business cases will be performed covering the grid and market situations in the most relevant regions of Europe for large electrolysers (>3MW). Testing protocols and economic analysis will also include the review of existing and possibly set‐up of new Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for electrolysers.

SCCER Efficient Industrial Processes

SCCER Efficient Industrial Processes

The vision of the SCCER Efficiency of Industrial Processes (SCCER EIP) is to develop the science and technology that allows Swiss industry to transition to a sustainable use of energy in its processes and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while at the same time keeping the impacts on the economics to a minimal.

Multiple Benefits

H2020 Multiple Benefits

Multiple-BENEFITS aims at including the multiple benefits of energy efficiency in investment decisions of companies and thereby substantially increasing the deployment of cost-effective energy saving potentials. It contributes to the work programme by delivering best-practice examples, tools and trainings on the importance of Multiple Benefit’s for investment decisions in companies, thereby addressing all relevant decision-makers.

Future Energy Efficient Buildings

SCCER Future Energy Efficient Buildings and Districts

The vision of the Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research on Future Energy Efficient Buildings & Districts (SCCER FEEB&D) is to develop solutions for the Swiss building stock, which will lead to a reduction of the environmental footprint of the sector by a factor of three by 2035 thanks to efficient, intelligent and interlinked buildings. The SCCER FEEB&D is addressing this challenge in a combined effort by leading Swiss and international partners from academia, industry and the public sector.

Energy Connect

Energy-connect

Energy-Connect connects you with the leading Swiss universities in energy research: Boost technological developments, future business models and new services. Energy-Connect supports you in your transformation process to find the right partners for your innovation projects.

Bild zeigt eine Darstellung, wie Eigenverbrauchs-Konsumation anhand Businessmodel Innovation innoviert wird

Tool for business model innovation tested and published

This publication outlines the approach to business model innovation. As an application case, offerings for self-consumption optimization were analyzed. For this work, only a reduced set of business model components was used.

Bild zeigt ein Diagramm, welches die Stromverbräuche verschiedener Städte zeigt

Business model innovation when designing multi energy systems

With new energy systems, new business opportunities emerge. However, the joint development with a business partner is missing thus far. This piece shows how this would be possible at the planning stage.

Bild zeigt ein Diagramm, welches die Gründe für Eigenstrom aufzeigt

Business models for own-consumption

New technologies and services require suitable business models. Their development is best inspired by a focused look into other markets. In this publication, it is outlined how this can be done using the example of self-consumption optimization.

Bild zeigt Diagramm, welches die Spitzenzeiten im Stromverbrauch zeigt

Monetary value of a district's flexibility

This publication shows the maximum potential economic value attained from offering the flexibility of a district on multiple electricity markets at the same time. The analysis revealed a considerable potential of the thermal storage flexibility, in particular, when operating on both the spot and reserve electricity markets.

Neue Geschäftsmöglichkeiten Energiewende

Eleven business opportunities emerging from the Energy Transition

A structured overview of business development axes and business opportunities characterizing the shift of long-term established business models to new ones emerging from the energy transition. In collaboration with a Swiss utility company, eleven business opportunities, referring to independent value creation mechanisms have been identified and discussed.

Energy transition of a community: a collaboration between the SCCER FEEB&D, BKW and the municipality Wohlen bei Bern

The Energy world is complex, each houseowner is sooner or later confronted with the question concerning the best energy solution. The municipality of Wohlen bei Bern, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) and BKW developed a pioneering energy concept for the community Uettligen, which likewise is applicable for other municipalities. (Extract of a blogpost from BKW from December 2016)

Is local energy management compatible with European regulation for retail competition?

Challenges and opportunities characterizing the market integration of local energy systems within the European retail energy market.

Sustainable Built Environment 2016 Conference

Paper by Dr. Emanuele Facchinetti on the conceptual framework supporting stakeholders of decentralized multi-energy systems through the business model innovation process.

Business model innovation to foster the energy transition

Contribution to the scientific blog of the Center for Urban Resilience and Energy of the University of Manchester by Dr. Emanuele Facchinetti. The realities of energy utility companies in the context of the energy transitions change and shift towards distributed low-carbon energy systems.

Swiss utilities manager’s perspectives on business models for local Energy Management

Business model innovation for the energy transition. Preferences of Swiss utility managers serve as explorative indicators supporting the business model innovation process for Local Energy Management solutions.

General business model patterns for local energy management concepts

Conceptual framework guiding stakeholders of decentralized energy systems through the business model innovation process. The theoretical framework is put into context through a market analysis of emerging business models in the energy sector.

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