Digital Ecosystems As A Disruptive Force Of Flexibility Services In The Energy Sector

With the advances of new technologies related to digitization and artificial intelligence (AI) and with the increasing interest in sharing economy, industries and economies of various sectors are being reshaped. The impact of these technological changes (also being commented upon as the Fourth Industrial Revolution), combined with evolving attitudes and interests of modern end-users is by no doubts leaving its trace in the power sector as well.

In particular, we could see a vast potential of improved business models in the energy field that capture the new trends associated with the accelerating development of energy-related technologies (such as for distributed energy resources (DER)), digitization and changing customer preferences with strong focus on hi-tech feeling, environment and variety of choice.

The anticipated business model transformation points strongly towards the ecosystem development that revolutionizes industry after industry. In this context, we foresee for the energy sector innovative business models where digital ecosystems serve as a disruptive force for enablement of flexibility services.