Centralized vs. distributed energy storage – Benefits for residential users

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorZakeri, Behnamen_US
dc.contributor.authorGissey, Giorgio Castagnetoen_US
dc.contributor.authorDodds, Paul E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSubkhankulova, Dinaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen
dc.contributor.groupauthorEnergy efficiency and systemsen
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity College Londonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-11T08:47:22Z
dc.date.available2021-08-11T08:47:22Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-01en_US
dc.descriptionFunding Information: This research was funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Research Council ( EPSRC ) through the Realising Energy Storage Technologies in Low-carbon Energy Systems (RESTLESS) project ( EP/N001893/1 ), for which the authors are very grateful. The contribution by BZ have been partly supported by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the RE-INVEST project “Renewable Energy Investment Strategies – A two-dimensional interconnectivity approach” funded by Innovation Fund, Denmark. The authors would also like to thank Professor Richard Green (Imperial College London) for useful suggestions. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)
dc.description.abstractDistributed energy storage is a solution for increasing self-consumption of variable renewable energy such as solar and wind energy at the end user site. Small-scale energy storage systems can be centrally coordinated by “aggregation” to offer different services to the grid, such as operational flexibility and peak shaving. This paper shows how centralized coordination vs. distributed operation of residential electricity storage (home batteries) could affect the savings of owners. A hybrid method is applied to model the operation of solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage for a typical UK householder, linked with a whole-system power system model to account for long-term energy transitions. Based on results, electricity consumers can accumulate greater savings under centralized coordination by between 4 and 8% when operating no technology, by 3-11% with electricity storage alone, by 2-5% with stand-alone solar PV, while 0-2% with PV-battery combined. Centralized coordination of home batteries offers more optimized electricity prices in the system, and as such, higher private savings to all consumers. However, consumers without onsite energy technologies benefit more than PV-battery owners. Therefore, based on system-level benefits of aggregation, the regulator should incentivize prosumers with PV-battery, who are able to balance their electricity supply-demand even without central coordination, to let their storage be controlled centrally. Possible revenues of storage owners from ancillary services as well as the cost of aggregation (e.g., transaction fees charged by aggregators) are not considered in this analysis.en
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dc.identifier.citationZakeri, B, Gissey, G C, Dodds, P E & Subkhankulova, D 2021, ' Centralized vs. distributed energy storage – Benefits for residential users ', Energy, vol. 236, 121443 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121443en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.energy.2021.121443en_US
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dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnergyen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 236en
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dc.subject.keywordDecentralized energyen_US
dc.subject.keywordElectrical energy storageen_US
dc.subject.keywordEnergy policyen_US
dc.subject.keywordEnergy system modelen_US
dc.subject.keywordSmart energy systemsen_US
dc.subject.keywordValue of energy storageen_US
dc.titleCentralized vs. distributed energy storage – Benefits for residential usersen
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