Analysis of Energy Internet Business Model Considering Carbon Trading

Abstract

With the public raising more awareness of the globally environmental containment, the scenario of carbon trading has been used to mitigate the carbon emission problem. According to the response to the low-carbon appeal, traditional commercial business modes in the field of energy are urgent to transform to cope with the new situation. With the rapid development of Internet, the concept of Energy Internet is proposed to promote the consumption of renewable energy resources and optimize the various energy utilization. In this paper, six types of typical commercial modes of Energy Internet are analyzed. Next, taking carbon trading into consideration, several commercial modes of the Energy Internet are investigated in details. Then, different commercial modes of the enterprises are analyzed from the perspectives of the carbon emissions quotas, the targeted end users and the financial service industry.