With the profound transformation of the energy system currently taking place in Europe, new challenges arise for energy actors dealing with the increasing share of renewable electricity generation. These are, among other, the reduction of incentives for energy production from renewable sources, intermittency of electricity generation and price volatility in the energy system. The aggregation of distributed renewable sources can help tackling these challenges. Within the BestRES project, top research organizations and six RES aggregators in nine European target countries, are investigating the business models for renewable energy aggregators in Europe from the standpoint of their economic, social, technical and market benefits. After investigating the current business models, suggestions for their improvements will be made and tested in real life conditions across Europe. The results of the first project stage will be presented in this workshop. After discussing the existing renewable energy aggregator business models, the focus will turn to examining their benefits and challenges from the points of view of power grid operators at one end and electricity consumers at the other. Finally a panel discussion will engage participants in exchanging views on the overall benefits of energy storage, demand response and RES aggregation. 

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