The Impact of End-User Aggregation on the Electricity Business Ecosystem: Evidence from Europe

This chapter explores the main variables that characterize the energy aggregators’ interaction with the electricity business ecosystem in different countries. The energy aggregators are new type of energy service provider, which can increase or moderate the electricity consumption and/or generation of a group of prosumers according to the need of the electricity grid and its respective market. To reach our objective we analyse four energy aggregators in four different European countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Portugal. The 6C framework is implemented in order to perform a cross-country analysis of the different European electricity business ecosystems (BE). Using a multiple case study approach, we answer to these research questions: what are the main changes in the electricity BE due to the energy transition? What is the role of the energy aggregators within the electricity BE? What are the main barriers that can hinder changes? The analysis reveals different stages of ...