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Distributed energy resources (DER) customer insights

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In 2019, ISF was commissioned by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to analyse reports from across 20 ARENA-funded distributed energy resources (DER) initiatives (a collective term referring to solar PV units, battery storage, thermal storage, electric vehicles and chargers, smart meters and home energy management technologies).

This resulted in two reports, the first detailing the customer journey for DER users, and the second identifying their values and motivations for using DERs. Forming part of ARENA's 'DER Customer Insights Series', these two publications provide important market intelligence to renewable energy providers so that they may attract, service and – crucially – retain their customers into the future. 

RESEARCH outputs

 

ARENA website

 

The Customer Journey (2020) (Report)

 

Values and Motivations (2020) (Report)

Researchers

Years

  • 2019-2020

Location

  • Australia

Client

  • Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

SDGs  

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This project is working towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 12. 

Read about ISF's SDG work