Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets:Understanding the Values of Collective and Community Trading

Wilkins, Denise J. and Chitchyan, Ruzanna and Levine, Mark (2020) Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets:Understanding the Values of Collective and Community Trading. In: CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA. ISBN 9781450367080

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Abstract

Peer-to-peer energy-trading platforms (P2P) have the potential to transform the current energy system. However, research is presently scarce on how people would like to participate in, and what would they expect to gain from, such platforms. We address this gap by exploring these questions in the context of the UK energy market. Using a qualitative interview study, we examine how 45 people with an interest in renewable energy understand P2P. We find that the prospective users value the collective benefits of P2P, and understand participation as a mechanism to support social, ecological and economic benefits for communities and larger groups. Drawing on the findings from the interview analysis, we explore broad design characteristics that a prospective P2P energy trading platform should provide to meet the expectations and concerns voiced by our study participants.

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© ACM, 2020. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3313831.3376135
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?? PEER TO PEER ENERGY TRADING PLATFORMSSEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWSUSTAINABILITYTHEMATIC ANALYSISCOMPUTER GRAPHICS AND COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNHUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTIONSOFTWARE ??
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15 Apr 2021 10:20
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