A Heuristic Approach to the Decision-Making Process of Energy Prosumers in a Circular Economy
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Renewable distributed energy and self-consumption are promising and sustainable solutions in the energy-transition scenario for moving toward a circular economy. In this future scheme, prosumers are expected to play a leading role in the forthcoming sustainable energy market, facing new technical, economic, and financial challenges as energy producers at a small scale. In fact, the adoption of photovoltaic (PV) self-consumption systems requires mobilizing capital for investment and their interaction with the market. In this scenario, the aim of this paper was to explore insights into the decision-making process of prosumers to enhance the understanding of self-consumption deployment and to support effective policymaking. This study contributes to the state of the art by defining and classifying determinants of the energy prosumers’ decision-making process and their relevance using a heuristic approach. Potential measuring tools and methods are analyzed through a specific case study of Spanish prosumers.
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OpenAlex topics: Green IT and Sustainability · Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure · Smart Grid Energy Management
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CIRCE Institute, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Department of Mechanical Engineering and CIRCE Institute, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Department of Accounting and Finance and CIRCE Institute, University of Zaragoza, 50002 Zaragoza, Spain
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