How Advanced Power Electronics Can Accelerate the Diffusion of Energy Storage?

This paper focuses on an innovative advanced power electronics device (PED) with integrated storage management capabilities that is being developed within the Horizon 2020 project RESOLVD. To start with, the technology behind the devices is described together with its key functionalities. The paper proceeds by referring to key stakeholders that may benefit from the solution and explains the motivations and implementation possibilities for various stakeholder groups. Based upon well composed narratives, the stakeholders are classified according to two different sets of mapping dimensions: Power-Interest- Attitude and Power-Urgency-Legitimacy. The performed stakeholder analysis suggests that the PED can, besides its primer use by distribution system operators, be attractive for various low-voltage grid users. The versatile operation and design of the PED make it a key technology for the modernization and decarbonization of the low-voltage distribution grids and a profitable business environment for the RESOLVD solution is envisioned