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Designing viable multi-commodity energy business ecosystems
- Source :
- Journal of Cleaner Production, 182, 124-138. ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2018.
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Abstract
- In this paper, a multi-commodity energy business model for an industrial park is designed and evaluated using the extended "business model design framework for viability". The framework has been validated earlier for mono-commodity energy systems. Our goal is to examine the application of the business model design framework for viability for multi-commodity energy systems as they are more complex. The framework was applied to an industrial park, where heat and electricity networks are integrated. The business model was designed iteratively to harvest and exploit the flexibility embedded in the industrial processes of the heat consumers. The first iteration showed that the business model design framework for viability was largely successful. However, adding two extensions to the framework helps to deal with the complexity of designing and evaluating viable business models for multi-commodity energy systems in a better way. First, the configuration techniques in the framework are extended to include reference business models. Second, the evaluation criteria in the framework are extended to include the capabilities of the stakeholders. The extended business model design framework for viability better enables the design of complex business models and allows to evaluate the capabilities of the stakeholders to implement the designed Business model. The extended business model design framework for viability successfully facilitated the design and evaluation of a viable multi-commodity energy business model and therefore is corroborated. (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- Exploit
Computer science
020209 energy
Strategy and Management
INFORMATION-SYSTEMS RESEARCH
02 engineering and technology
Business model
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Business ecosystem design
VALUE CREATION
0502 economics and business
VALUE CAPTURE
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Business model design
PERSPECTIVE
General Environmental Science
Flexibility (engineering)
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
05 social sciences
SCIENCE
Business ecosystem
Manufacturing engineering
Multi-commodity energy systems
Industrial park
Electricity
Flexibility
business
Energy business model
050203 business & management
Energy (signal processing)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09596526
- Volume :
- 182
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4fe0ab843a6768c498c67e602e49e629