Zhang Yifan, Chen Hong
School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
School of Business, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 2;15(1):23486. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-08966-4.
With China's increasing focus on carbon emissions, photovoltaic power generation (PV) microgrids (MG) have seen remarkable growth in recent years. However, the decline in government subsidies has led to a decrease in the profitability of photovoltaic power generation, making investments in photovoltaics and microgrids less viable. Consequently, enhancing the value for stakeholders in new energy microgrids is crucial for achieving sustainable development, particularly in a subsidy-free context. This research introduces a novel application of Prahalad and Ramaswamy's value co-creation theory by analyzing 60 microgrids throughout China as case studies. It utilizes the Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method to explore the input factors from various stakeholders in new energy microgrids and to identify the pathways that promote value co-creation. The findings reveal three distinct approaches to achieving value co-creation in new energy microgrids, with a notable emphasis on reducing initial capital costs to significantly enhance operational sustainability. The pathway characterized by hard service investment, construction investment, maintenance investment, energy storage investment, and financial support demonstrates the highest explanatory power (coverage 0.443). Conversely, the scenario lacking hard service investment, construction investment, and maintenance investment, while including energy storage investment and financial support, shows lower coverage (0.338) but high consistency, making it applicable in specific situations, such as when policy support is limited.
随着中国对碳排放的关注度不断提高，近年来光伏发电（PV）微电网（MG）取得了显著增长。然而，政府补贴的减少导致光伏发电盈利能力下降，使得对光伏和微电网的投资可行性降低。因此，提高新能源微电网中利益相关者的价值对于实现可持续发展至关重要，尤其是在无补贴的情况下。本研究通过对中国各地60个微电网进行案例分析，介绍了普拉哈拉德和拉马斯瓦米价值共创理论的一种新应用。它利用模糊集定性比较分析（fsQCA）方法来探索新能源微电网中各利益相关者的输入因素，并确定促进价值共创的途径。研究结果揭示了在新能源微电网中实现价值共创的三种不同方法，其中特别强调降低初始资本成本以显著提高运营可持续性。以硬件服务投资、建设投资、维护投资、储能投资和金融支持为特征的途径具有最高的解释力（覆盖度0.443）。相反，缺乏硬件服务投资、建设投资和维护投资，但包括储能投资和金融支持的情景，覆盖度较低（0.338），但一致性较高，适用于特定情况，例如政策支持有限时。
