were selected for further processing. The selection was based on the criteria that the projects
should be relevant based on the focus of market rules and business models regarding demand
side management. To facilitate the selection a few keywords were used. The keywords were:
demand side management, demand response, active demand, flexible energy consumption,
market rules, regulations and business models.
All projects that were specifically described to deal with demand side management or demand
response were selected. Furthermore, projects that were described with some of the other key
words and seemed to concern demand side management were included in the first selection.
Projects concerning market and market regulation in association with demand side
management, as well as projects about different business models were therefore also included.
After that a second selection was conducted based on a search for more information about the
selected projects. The search was done by using the search word: “project name” both solely,
and combined with “organisation name”. The search engines used was mainly Google,
Google scholar and the IEEE Xplore database. The ScienceDirect database was also used
occasionally. If the organisation responsible for the project had a website it was also used to
search for information about the project. The second selection was made based on the
information that was found. Projects were no or only little information could be found were
excluded. The projects with more comprehensive description and information available were
reviewed and the projects that still were considered relevant based on the focus of demand
side management and market rules and business models were chosen.
Other project that would appear during the search that seemed especially relevant could be
included in the data collection. This was the case for the READY project, which was not
included in the project list but was discovered during the search for the project “Intelligent
Remote Control for Heat Pumps”.
Since a fully comprehensible review of ongoing and implemented projects could not be done
and due to time limitations the search for projects outside Europe was based on the findings
during the previous search and a review of the presentations from the International Smart Grid
Action Network (ISGAN) first workshop in Nice 2012 and the presentations from the fourth
conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) in Washington, D. C. 2013
(sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES)) as well as the Report “Global
Inventory and Analysis of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects” by DNV KEMA Energy &
Sustainability (2011).
The references referred to in relevant articles and reports have been examined to find
additional material and information. Information from the Energy Agency webpages for the
different countries were also used.