The perfect storm for monopoly grids: the dual disruptive impact of distributed generation and local competition

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1152

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CIRED 2019

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3-6 June 2019

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Madrid, Spain

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Yes

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van der Mei, Age, Duinn, Netherlands
Lalieu, Lennart, Enexis Netbeheer, Netherlands
Doomernik, Jan-Peter , Enexis Netbeheer, Netherlands

Abstract

This paper shares the insight that monopoly grids can expect their share of demand to decrease. For the Netherlands, a decrease of two-fifth appears possible mainly due to self-generation and the rise of microgrids. Microgrids will become economically competitive with monopoly grids for a sizable, minority share of total electricity demand. Furthermore, adoption could be relatively rapid as a majority of electricity consumers in a large survey in Denmark and The Netherlands indicate to prefer autonomy or a local grid versus the monopoly grid. Two-fifths to three-fifths of the respondents prefers to switch away from the electricity grid to solar panels and batteries if the price is the same. A full 60% of all neighbourhoods could be self-sufficient with solar-PV, generator and batteries.

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AIM

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2019-06-03

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CIRED 2019 Conference

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https://cired-repository.org/handle/20.500.12455/323
http://dx.doi.org/10.34890/553

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2032-9644

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978-2-9602415-0-1