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Everything about Prosumer
Person who consumes and produces a product
A prosumer is an individual who both consumes and produces. The term is a portmanteau of the words producer and consumer. Research has identified six types of prosumers: DIY prosumers, self-service prosumers, customizing prosumers, collaborative prosumers, monetised prosumers, and economic prosumers. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ProsumerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Centralized peer-to-peer transactive energy market approach in a prosumer-centric residential smart grid environmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Revolutionary wealthThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Electricity market design for the prosumer eraCited 1,136 times
- Go sideways: George RitzerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: McDonaldizationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A person in postindustrial society who combines the economic roles of producer and consumer.
Adjective Targeting serious, enthusiastic consumers, incorporating professional features but often modified for non-professional use.
Adjective High-end.
Noun A serious, enthusiastic consumer: not professional (earning money), but of similar interest and skills to a (generally lower-level) professional, or aspiring to that.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Electricity market design for the prosumer era
Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in a Prosumer-Based Community Microgrid: A Game-Theoretic Model
Multiclass Energy Management for Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Driven by Prosumer Preferences
Prosumer based energy management and sharing in smart grid
The Coming of Age of the Prosumer
Energy-Sharing Provider for PV Prosumer Clusters: A Hybrid Approach Using Stochastic Programming and Stackelberg Game
Incentivizing Prosumer Coalitions With Energy Management Using Cooperative Game Theory
Prosumer integration in wholesale electricity markets: Synergies of peer-to-peer trade and residential storage
🆕 Influential since 2022
Centralized peer-to-peer transactive energy market approach in a prosumer-centric residential smart grid environment
The patient as a prosumer of healthcare: insights from a bibliometric-interpretive review
Update Scheduling for ADMM-Based Energy Sharing in Virtual Power Plants Considering Massive Prosumer Access
Characterizing the Danish energy prosumer: Who buys solar PV systems and why do they buy them?
Seasonal hydrogen storage for residential on- and off-grid solar photovoltaics prosumer applications: Revolutionary solution or niche market for the energy transition until 2050?
📚 Books worth reading
Revolutionary wealthAlvin Toffler · 2006
Frugal innovationNavi Radjou · 2014
WikinomicsDon Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams · 2006
WikinomicsDon Tapscott · 2007
MacroWikinomicsDon Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams · 2010- 📕Culture, Communication, and CreativityHubert Knoblauch · 2014
Pro-sumer Power!Bill Quain · 2000
Digital Labour and Prosumer CapitalismMathieu O'Neil, Olivier Frayssé · 2015
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🔗 Related topics
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