Mainstreaming Residential Prosumers in Energy Sector
<p class="first" id="d161323e65">With the evolution of Solar PV technology, old paradigm of consumers being passive recipients is changing fast. Distributed generation with the help of end-users can be instrumental in realizing goals of making the en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Policy Perspectives |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/polipers.15.3.0099 |
| Summary: | <p class="first" id="d161323e65">With the evolution of Solar PV technology, old paradigm of consumers being passive
recipients is changing fast. Distributed generation with the help of end-users can
be instrumental in realizing goals of making the energy sector more decentralized,
decarbonized and democratized. Against the backdrop, residential prosumers have occupied
central role in the transition debate. If adequately empowered, they can prove the
change agents for facilitating integration of renewables and building a more sustainable
future. However, if policy instruments fail to correspond to the needs of the newly
evolving role of consumers as proactive market actors, it would stifle their participation
in market. In the case of Pakistan, flawed energy pricing, provision of net-metering
facility by limited DISCOs along with cumbersome procedures of availing the facility,
and barring of small-scale prosumers from net-metering facilities and financial schemes
indicates few major barriers in the way of PV infrastructure dissemination. A strong
need exists for addressing the weaknesses in the current policy tools for mainstreaming
active engagement of residential prosumers in the energy sector.
</p><p id="d161323e67">A prosumer is a person who consumes as well as produces a product. On the given lines,
energy prosumer refers to those customers who self-generate energy for wholly or partially
meeting their own energy needs. They are energy producers and consumers at the same
time, resulting in a two way or bi-directional flow of energy.
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| ISSN: | 1812-1829 1812-7347 |