Pricing decisions in peer-to-peer and prosumer-centred electricity markets: Experimental analysis in Germany and the United Kingdom

• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112419
• Publication Date: 2022-04-25T20:20:39Z
• Authors: Ulf J.J. Hahnel; Michael J. Fell
• Keywords: Prosumer; Sharing Economy

Prosumer-centred electricity market models such as peer-to-peer communities can enable optimized supply and demand of locally generated well an active participation citizens in the energy transition. An important element is improved ability community members to identify choose who they transact with a much more granular way than usual. Despite this key novelty social core prosumer-centred markets, little known about how would trade different actors involved system. This article reports preregistered cross-national experiment investigating individual trading preferences variety private non-private actors. The data from United Kingdom (n = 441) Germany 440) shows that set buying selling prices strongly vary, pointing three systematically strategies individuals apply function actor. Findings moreover reveal decisions are determined by individuals' political orientation, place attachment, climate change beliefs differences trust Finally, results illustrate high consistency across nations. However, nation-level emerged when were made publicly visible, emphasising need consider context-effects system design. findings have implications for development design interventions increase citizen national contexts.