Diverse energy communities: member benefits and distribution grid impact
Challenge and objective
- The profitability and grid impact of energy communities will vary depending on members, technologies and location.
- Aim: study energy community benefits and grid impact with different member types and technologies, comparing Norway and Spain.
Work performed
- Developed an operational optimization model for an energy community with PV generation, battery and shiftable loads.
- Compared results for one year for different member types, countries and technologies.
Significant results
- Energy communities consisting of commercial buildings (shops and offices) give the best outcome in Norway, due to high load/PV generation correlation.
- These energy communities are also the best for the distribution grid, due to low feed-in power during summer.
Impact for distribution system innovation
- The study demonstrates the importance of including diverse buildings when developing regulation for energy communities.
- Name
- Oddbjørn Gjerde
- Title
- WP2 Lead
- Organization
- SINTEF Energi AS
Reference in CINELDI
