Keep up with the pace of the Energy Transformation by flipping the energy supply and demand model on its head
What should renewable operators, entrepreneurs, private equity investors, and utilities be doing in the near term to evaluate potential opportunities and prepare for when this new segment arrives?
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The dispatchable demand framework helps evaluate if an opportunity is viable
The dispatchable demand framework has three pillars to help assess if a business opportunity is viable. Business models should match the level of capabilities needed with the current and expected state of the energy market and be ready to adapt as energy costs and market conditions change. The framework does not guarantee all opportunities are a sure bet, but it helps entrepreneurs and investors think though some of the challenges with deploying those use cases right now that aren’t being considered fully and realize what would be required to make them viable with low-cost extra electricity.
Dispatchable
- Adaptable to season fluctuations
- Agile capital structure
- Energy use higher than material and people cost
- Variable talent capacity
Decentralized
- Near or co-located with renewable generation
- Strategy for on-site collaboration
- Distributed economies of scale
Digital
- Real-time reaction to market prices
- Digital interoperability with partners
- Human labor disconnected from timing of energy availability
The timeframe for when this will happen depends on the intersecting S-Curves of adoption and decommissioning.
Illustrative Configuration #3 from Dispatchable Demand White Paper
Technologies that enable a stable base load for the grid will decrease the likelihood of large amounts of overbuild.
As the energy market is disrupted, transformed, and adapted to reduce society’s dependence on hydrocarbons, this unique market opportunity will emerge over the next five, 10 or 15 years.
No matter where you are in your journey, you can take steps to accelerate the pace of the energy transition.
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