Mohamed, Amr Ibrahim (2018) EU SMART GRID TRANSITION: ENERGY PROSUMERS & ESCO’s BETWEEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOCIAL EFFICACY. Masters thesis, UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND.
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Abstract
The research focusses on the complex impositions of Smart Grid deployment on the energy prosumers and their relationship with the Energy Services Companies (ESCOs). The research proposes a systemic analysis critically arguing against the aggregator fix proposed by the Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF). The research furnishes a theoretical body to also contend with the EU thermodynamic exergy mindset towards prosumers. The outcome of the research is a novel knowledge-based classification of energy prosumers and a social system that follows an engineering rationale (VSM). The study highlights the issue of smart grid deployment from the innovation management perspective. It focusses on the major pillars of evaluating a successful smart grid deployment from the managerial point of view. It further addresses the focal indicators to the social deployment of the technology, providing an amalgamation of a social theoretical framework to deal with energy prosumers. The study provides a technical discussion about major areas of debates from both policy and industry about smart grids and energy prosumers. It also suggests an alternative technical proposition that is found much suitable to the current EU situation. The research is considered an exploratory effort towards understanding the complexity of the technological transition. The aim of the research is to assist both policy makers on the EU level and the energy stakeholders to make better decisions to manage the social transition effectively. The research also follows an innovative approach towards evaluating types of innovation employed by each segments of the research. The result is a new social system realization that can help with advancing more research in the area.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Complexity theory, Smart grids, social engineering, Critical system thinking, self-efficacy, physical efficiency and knowledge management. |
| Creators: | Mohamed, Amr Ibrahim |
| Projects: | Islands of Innovation, Samsø Fossil Fuel Free Island 2030 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2018 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2018 09:15 |
| URI: | http://arkiv.energiinstituttet.dk/id/eprint/634 |
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