Case study: Collaborating across the digital energy landscape: Data sharing

1. Welcome

Households and communities increasingly produce data via smart meters, appliances and solar photovoltaic systems. Whilst at an individual level this data can provide insights into a single household’s consumption of energy, combining data from many households has immense potential. Aggregated data can help inform smarter grid management, improve energy forecasts and enable tailored services by energy providers and researchers. You may be: 

• Considering how aggregated energy data could be beneficial to your community.
• Worried about privacy or other concerns. 
• Interested in the benefits and challenges of collaborative energy data sharing.  

By reviewing this case study, you will:

• Understand what community-level data sharing is and why it’s important.
• Consider the ethical considerations of data sharing.
• Develop an understanding of different approaches to collaborative energy data sharing in Europe.

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