Today’s global movement towards progressively cheaper, more renewable energy generatio n is also a shift towards an energy landscape that is more distributed and dominated by smaller players. New technologies , such as the Internet of Things, energy storage, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are increasingly fueling a prosumer movement. The promise of decentralized energy is bright. We are witnessing the democratization of energy in action, and it is something to be celebrated. Local, smaller energy players can make the most of their regional expertise, using their proximity and local connections to make energy projects a success. Today private corporations, individual homeowners and grid operators are all contributing to a cleaner, but more complex and dynamic energy world. As this localized energy community evolves with a diverse set of actors, the need to structure the complexity increases. The existing traditional model is not adapted to new the requirements and this di...
