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

Denise J. Wilkins; Ruzanna Chitchyan; Mark Levine

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376135

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

Denise J. Wilkins, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Mark Levine

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1-14
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450367080
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-6708-0/20/04
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376135
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2020
Event	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 - Honolulu, United States Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	25/04/20 → 30/04/20

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Funding Information:
This work is supported by the UK EPSRC funding for Household Supplier Energy Market (EP/P031838/1) and Refactoring Energy Systems (EP/R007373/1) projects.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 ACM.

Keywords

peer to peer energy trading platforms
semi-structured interview
sustainability
thematic analysis

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Wilkins, D. J., Chitchyan, R., & Levine, M. (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: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-14). [3376135] (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376135

Wilkins, Denise J. ; Chitchyan, Ruzanna ; Levine, Mark. / Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets : Understanding the Values of Collective and Community Trading. CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. pp. 1-14 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets: Understanding the Values of Collective and Community Trading. / Wilkins, Denise J.; Chitchyan, Ruzanna; Levine, Mark.
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Wilkins DJ, Chitchyan R, Levine M. 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: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2020. p. 1-14. 3376135. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376135

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