E-DeMa – the basis for market economy incentives during electricity consumption
A general differentiation is made between those people who generate electricity and those who use it, the customers. E-DeMa does not use the word customer; it is replaced by „Prosumer". This is taken to mean the active customer who both generates electricity and feeds it into the grid (producer) and uses this electricity (consumer). This is one of the most important goals of the project: the encouragement of the end consumer's active involvement and participation in the energy market. The E-Energy Marketplace 2020 to be established within the scope of the project is based on the distribution grid of RWE Deutschland AG; the model regions Mülheim and Krefeld are part of this distribution grid. A key aim is to integrate „Prosumers" by means of IKT gateways which enable both the load management and control of household devices, smart metering as well as the control of local feeders.
The benefits are manifold: displayed energy consumptions or price signals for the prosumer, online information for an improved grid management by the network operator. E-DeMa creates an integral infrastructure to control the consumption with an active involvement of the consumer and on the basis of which further energy services can be established.