PUBLISHER: Guidehouse Insights | PRODUCT CODE: 1345883
PUBLISHER: Guidehouse Insights | PRODUCT CODE: 1345883
Flexibility needs on the power grid have traditionally been addressed by dispatchable fossil fuel power plants. However, as economies around the world look to cut emissions by installing more renewable energy capacity, new methods must be used to meet those flexibility needs. The number of residential distributed energy resources (DER) is increasing in every world region while the development of advanced software platforms has enabled new use cases for aggregated residential DER, beyond traditional demand response (DR), like virtual power plants (VPPs).
Outside of flexibility enabling technology advances, the market for flexibility from residential DER is being driven by opportunities for low cost grid resources and segment energy profile changes. Hindering further market growth are cybersecurity concerns, legacy customer attitudes towards energy providers, and antiquated energy sector regulations. Other remaining business issues include customer financial considerations for DER and limited customer education. Companies involved in residential DER and flexibility are diverse with some focusing on hardware, others on software, and several choosing to aggregate and operate VPPs. Technology vendors in the market are adapting their solution offerings to facilitate further market growth.
This Guidehouse Insights report examines the flexible residential DER market including retail and wholesale VPPs along with traditional DR. Regional level forecasts for capacity, implementation spending, and revenue are presented across five major geographic regions from 2023-2032 with capacity forecasts segmented by technology type. Total flexible residential DER capacity is projected to be largest in North American throughout most of the forecast period with Europe showing the largest total capacity by 2032. to deploy additional units as necessary in order to minimize initial upfront costs for a project.
This Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard examines the DAC offerings from 13 leading companies and measures them against one another to determine which are providing the most useful DAC solutions.
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