Until we stop calling them an energy resource (DER) they will never achieve mass market (at least at residential scale). They’re customer devices with the primary purpose of benefiting the customer with transport, heat and other things. Until the energy system acknowledges they’re not their assets and must find a way to encourage “good behaviour”. That means dynamic tariffs with short metering periods (where most of Europe is heading).
For any dynamic DER management to get off the ground, it needs to interface with the utilities Energy Management System (EMS), a standalone third party app is doomed to failure. If it's SAAS, and can interface via a secure API, then it stands a decent chance. Many of the EMS vendors are creating their own DER software packages that exist inside the secure EMS bubble. E.g. https://www.aspentech.com/en/products/dgm/aspentech-osi-distributed-energy-resource-management-system
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Until we stop calling them an energy resource (DER) they will never achieve mass market (at least at residential scale). They’re customer devices with the primary purpose of benefiting the customer with transport, heat and other things. Until the energy system acknowledges they’re not their assets and must find a way to encourage “good behaviour”. That means dynamic tariffs with short metering periods (where most of Europe is heading).
For any dynamic DER management to get off the ground, it needs to interface with the utilities Energy Management System (EMS), a standalone third party app is doomed to failure. If it's SAAS, and can interface via a secure API, then it stands a decent chance. Many of the EMS vendors are creating their own DER software packages that exist inside the secure EMS bubble. E.g. https://www.aspentech.com/en/products/dgm/aspentech-osi-distributed-energy-resource-management-system