エネルギー管理ソリューションによる気候変動抑制の実現

仮想発電所（VPP）や分散型エネルギー資源管理システム（DERMS）などのエネルギー管理ソリューションは、再生可能エネルギー発電の出力を強化し、化石燃料からの完全な移行を可能にする機会を生み出します。また、再生可能エネルギーの出力、エネルギー貯蔵資源の運用、および柔軟な負荷制御を最適化することで、エネルギー管理ソリューションは運用コストを大幅に削減すると同時に、排出量も削減することができます。

当レポートでは、仮想発電所（VPP）、分散型エネルギー資源管理システム（DERMS）、需要応答などのエネルギー管理ソリューションが、化石燃料からの移行に果たす役割についてなどの情報を提供しています。

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背景

提言

温室効果ガス排出量削減の取り組みが世界的に活発化

• 増加するグリッド上の総再生可能エネルギー容量
• より複雑なグリッド構造を作成する分散型エネルギー資源
• 電気に切り替わりつつある、より多くの最終用途

ネットゼロエミッショングリッドの信頼性を維持するために必要とされる新しい方法と技術

• 負荷を資源として扱い、再生可能エネルギーをディスパッチ可能にするエネルギー管理ソリューション
• 排出量と運用コストを削減できるVPP

協力する必要があるメーターの両側の利害関係者

• 新エネルギーソリューションの支援的な規制と市場環境を構築する必要があるシステムオペレーターと規制当局
• 電力会社やエネルギーユーザーとより深く関わる必要があるDERソリューションプロバイダー
• 気候ニュートラルになるための戦略をさらに探求する必要がある大規模なエネルギーユーザー
• ケーススタディ：Googleは2030年までに24時間365日カーボンフリーエネルギーで事業を運営

LIST OF CHARTS AND FIGURES

• CAISO Net Load Chart (Duck Curve)
• Conceptual VPP Diagram
• Value Proposition of DER and Energy Management Programs

Sustained greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have caused, and are continuing to cause catastrophic damage to the environment, economy, and human health all over the world. In response, all customer segments are increasing their efforts to achieve climate neutrality in their operations. With more renewable energy capacity coming online and distributed energy resource (DER) installations increasing behind-the-meter, supply side volatility is worsening and a more complicated power flow structure on the grid is forming. Energy management solutions like virtual power plants (VPPs) and distributed energy resource management systems (DERMSs) create an opportunity to firm up renewable generation output and enable a transition entirely away from fossil fuels.

To maintain reliable power grid operations in a climate neutral world, utilities and grid operators will require new technologies, strategies, and solutions. Energy management solutions can make use of both clean supply and demand side resources connected to a territory's grid. In addition to maximizing the value of these resources, energy management solutions can use them to displace traditional power generation technologies. By optimizing renewable generation output, energy storage resource operation, and flexible load control, energy management solutions can drastically reduce operating costs while simultaneously eliminating emissions.

This Guidehouse Insights report discusses the role that energy management solutions like VPPs, DERMSs, and demand response can play in the transition from fossil fuels. It provides recommendations to key stakeholders to increase the opportunities for, and the effectiveness of energy management solutions as the world seeks to achieve climate neutrality in the coming decades.

KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED:

• What are energy management solutions?

• What is driving the need for new energy technologies in grid management?

• How do energy management solutions function on the power grid?

• How can energy management solutions support a path to climate neutrality?

• What role does beneficial electrification play in the energy transition?

• What can various stakeholders do to drive the adoption of energy management solutions?

WHO NEEDS THIS REPORT:

• Regulators and policymakers
• Utilities
• Grid operators
• DER vendors
• VPP software providers
• DERMS vendors
• DER aggregators
• Commercial, industrial, and institutional energy consumers

Table of Contents

Spark

Context

Recommendations

Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Increasing Worldwide

• Total Renewable Energy Capacity on the Grid Is Increasing
• Distributed Energy Resources Are Creating a More Complex Grid Structure
• More End Uses Are Switching to Electricity

New Methods and Technologies Are Required to Maintain a Reliable Net-Zero Emissions Grid

• Energy Management Solutions Can Treat Loads as Resources and Make Renewable Generation Dispatchable
• VPPs Can Reduce Emissions and Operating Costs

Stakeholders on Both Sides of the Meter Must Collaborate

• System Operators and Regulators Must Create Supportive Regulatory and Market Environments for New Energy Solutions
• DER Solution Providers Must Engage More with Utilities and Energy Users
• Large Energy Users Must Further Explore Strategies on Their Own to Become Climate Neutral
• Case Study: Google 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy by 2030