A peer-to-peer approach to energy production

Chris Giotitsas, Alex Pazaitis and Vasilis Kostakis

Technology in Society, 2015, vol. 42, issue C, 28-38

Abstract: This paper strives to provide a theoretical study for energy production and distribution. We thus examine and discuss the evolution of energy systems technologies and their impact on the global socio-economic structure. We critically analyze the evolution of the energy production infrastructure and then review the renewable and decentralized energy production technologies, while focusing on the concept of microgrids. Ultimately, we propose an alternative model, inspired by the commons-oriented practices, currently observed in the production of information, that utilizes microgrids in order to create a peer-to-peer energy grid and then discuss the conditions necessary for the “energy commons” to emerge.

Keywords: Peer production; Commons; Energy; p2p; Distributed production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2015.02.002

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