| Abstract [eng] |
The aim of the final Master's thesis is to study the business models of renewable energy communities. The literature part of the thesis analyses the legal regulation and barriers to the development of renewable energy communities and, after assessing the barriers to development and the legal aspects, examines the business models. After an analysis of several literature sources, three business models are selected for subsequent use in the study - the peer to peer business model, the multifamily solar model and the RES community with a remote solar plant and EV charging stations. In the methodological part, a technical methodology is developed for the evaluation of the solar PV plants, and a methodology for the evaluation of the economic indicators, which tells whether the indicators are economically acceptable, and sensitivity analyses are used to finally justify the economic calculations. The exploratory part of the thesis analyses the main economic indicators of the communities' business models, such as: NPV, IRR and LCOE. After the economic calculations, an analysis is carried out on which partnership is the most cost-effective. The study also assesses the payback period of the business models of the RES communities and the sensitivity analysis of the economic indicators to changes in electricity prices, the amount of the subsidy or the interest rate on bank loans. |
