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Distributed Energy Resources in Commercial and Industrial Buildings

Distributed Energy Resources Revenues and Capacity Forecasts for Commercial and Industrial Operations Across World Markets: 2024-2033

A growing wave of government funding is expected to accelerate distributed energy resources (DER) adoption rates over the next decade. As operators of commercial and industrial (C&I) sites continue to invest in DER resilience and sustainability benefits, this wave of funding, new regulations, and growing corporate interest in decarbonizing will boost growth in this sector. Even so, the needs of C&I sites vary widely and common DER deployment models may not always be directly applicable.

Growing government support and mandates are the largest driver for C&I DER adoption. Aside from regulatory requirements, companies are eager to adopt clean DER to help themselves meet internal climate goals. Significant financial reasons also exist for these adoptions, such as lower energy costs and the ability to participate in grid services like load management. While these forces are strong, the sector does have significant barriers to deployment including capacity needs that are higher than most DER can meet, fire safety issues, and low awareness of successes from comparable C&I facilities.

This Guidehouse Insights report examines the global market for DER technologies in industrial and commercial buildings, including solar PV, generator sets, distributed energy storage systems, and EV charging systems. It analyzes current market issues, technology trends, drivers, barriers, and the policy landscape. Market forecasts for revenue and capacity are segmented by technology, vertical, and region, and extend through 2033.

Pages 40
Tables | Charts | Figures 28
  • How is today’s policy landscape effecting the C&I DER market?
  • Which DER technologies are experiencing the largest revenue growth over the next decade?
  • How have developments in the DER business model had an impact on C&I adoption?
  • How will revenue growth among the players in the C&I sector differ through 2033?
  • What factors are driving and hampering development of the C&I DER market?
  • Solar producers, developers, and installers
  • Battery and energy storage manufacturers
  • EV and charging manufacturers
  • Genset and microgrid developers
  • Utilities
  • Regulators and policy makers
  • The investor community

1. Executive Summary

1.1    Commercial and Industrial Distributed Energy Resources Expect Strong Growth on the Back of Unprecedented Government Investments

1.2    Key Market Trends

1.3    Market Outlook

2. Market Issues

2.1    Accelerated Government Funding for DER Will Boost Commercial and Industrial Adoption, but Challenges Remain

2.2    Definitions

2.2.1   Solar PV

2.2.2   Gensets

2.2.3   DESS

2.2.4   EV Charging

2.3    Technology Trends

2.3.1   Solar PV

2.3.1.1 Case Study: Kaiser Permanente

2.3.2   Gensets

2.3.2.1 Diesel

2.3.2.2 Natural Gas

2.3.2.3 Case Study: Acciona Aqua SA

2.3.2.4 Case Study: Enchanted Rock

2.3.3   DESS

2.3.3.1 Case Study: Optus

2.3.4   EV Charging

2.3.4.1 Case Study: AC Transit and Schneider Electric

2.3.4.2 Case Study: New York City Schools and Itron

2.4    Policy Landscape

2.4.1   North America

2.4.1.1 US: Federal Level

2.4.1.2 US: State Level

2.4.1.2.1  California

2.4.1.2.2  Washington State

2.4.1.2.3  Connecticut

2.4.1.2.4  Massachusetts

2.4.1.3 Canada

2.4.2   Europe

2.4.2.1 UK

2.4.2.2 France

2.4.3   Asia Pacific

2.4.3.1 Japan

2.4.3.2 Australia

2.4.3.3 China

2.5    Drivers

2.6    Barriers

3. Industry Value Chain

3.1    Competitive Landscape

3.1.1   Merger and Acquisition Activities

3.1.2   Business Model Evolution

4. Market Forecasts

4.1    Definitions and Scope

4.2    Methodology

4.3    Global C&I DER Revenue Forecasts

4.4    Global C&I DER Capacity Forecasts

4.5    Regional Revenue Forecasts

4.5.1   North America

4.5.2   Europe

4.5.3   Asia Pacific

4.5.4   Latin America

4.5.5   Middle East & Africa

5. Conclusions and Recommendations

5.1    C&I DER Is Growing Rapidly, Buoyed by a Fresh Wave of Policy Support

5.2    Four Big Takeaways

5.3    Recommendations

5.3.1   Commercial Stakeholders

5.3.2   Industrial Stakeholders

5.3.3   DER Vendors

5.3.4   Policy Makers

6. Acronym and Abbreviation List

7. Table of Contents

8. Table of Charts and Figures

9. Scope of Study

10. Sources, Methodology & Notes

  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Region and Application, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Capacity Additions by Region, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Capacity Additions by Technology, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, North America: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Europe: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Asia Pacific: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Latin America: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Middle East & Africa: 2024-2033
  • C&I DER Capacity Annual Proportional Additions by Technology, World Markets: 2024
  • C&I DER Capacity Annual Proportional Additions by Technology, World Markets: 2033
  • Cost of Natural Gas (USD/MMBTU) for the US and Europe; July 2020 to July 2023
  • Select Major Players in the C&I DER Market
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Region and Application, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Capacity Additions by Region, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Capacity Additions by Technology, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Capacity by Region and Application, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Cumulative C&I DER Capacity Additions by Region, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Cumulative C&I DER Capacity Additions by Technology, World Markets: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, North America: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Europe: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Asia Pacific: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Latin America: 2024-2033
  • Annual C&I DER Revenue by Technology, Middle East & Africa: 2024-2033
  • Market Competitive Structure
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