Adopting the pattern “revenue from external services” energy communities can improve their financial balance by providing services outside of the local community with their assets. Common external revenue streams are: providing balancing power, redispatch capacities, spot market trading.

Implementation reference

• Selling of green power as retailer (Som Energia, Ecopower)
• Spot market (Sonnen Community, Kiwipower)
• Primary balancing power market (Open Energi, Kiwipower, Open Energi),
• Secondary balancing power market (Tiko)
• DSO peak shaving & local grid management (Kiwipower,  Alpiq Green Battery)
• Ancillary services (Equigy)
• VGI valorization on markets with revenue sharing (Nuvve)
• Price forecasting (Entelios)

Research reference

• Kubli & Canzi (2021): Primary balancing power market, DSO peak shaving, local grid management
• Koller et al (2015): Secondary balancing power market
• Stephan et al (2016)
• Fitzgerald et al (2015)

This pattern belongs to the core area: Energy Value Capture