Santa Clara, California: A recent analysis by analytical firm Frost & Sullivan, Growth Opportunities in Distributed Energy, Forecast to 2030, finds that the rate of annual investment in distributed energy resources (DER) will increase by 75% by 2030, with the market set for a decade of high growth.
Favorable regulations, declining project and technology costs, and high electricity and demand charges are key factors driving investments in DER across the globe according to the analysis. The COVID-19 pandemic will reduce investment levels in the short term, but the market will recover. Throughout the decade, US$846 billion will be invested in DER, supported by a further $285 billion that will be invested in battery storage.
"The DER business model will play an increasingly pivotal role in the global power mix as part of a wider effort to decarbonize the sector," said Maria Benintende, Senior Energy Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Additionally, solar photovoltaic will dominate throughout the decade. Residential solar PV will account for 49.3% of total investment ($419 billion) with commercial and industrial solar PV accounting for a further 38.9% ($330 billion)."
DER offers significant revenue growth prospects for all key market participants, including:
• Technology original equipment manufacturers (OEMs): Offer flexible after-sales support, including digital solutions such as asset integrity and optimization services for their installed base.
• System integrators and installers: Target household customers and provide efficient and trustworthy solutions with flexible financial models.
• Energy service companies (ESCOs): ESCOs should focus on adding DER deployments to expand and enhance their traditional role of providing energy savings and demand-side management services to customers.
• Utility companies: Deployment of DER can create new revenue streams for utility companies, from real-time and flexibility markets. Further, DER provides an opportunity to aggregate service offerings and expand the customer base.
For further information on this analysis, please visit http://frost.ly/467.