Demand-Response Optimization in Buildings and Energy Communities, a Case in Value Stacking

Abstract

In this paper, the application of demand-side flexibility to residential users and energy communities is discussed. From the H2020 project HOLISDER, it appears that selected Key Exploitable Results are not commercially interesting on their own as flexibility services but certainly are an add-on by cross-value stacking to regular energy services. For groups of prosumers, such as energy communities, cross-stacking can enlarge the awareness and commitment within the communities and, therefore, play an important role in the uptake of citizen communities as promoted by the EU Green Energy Package.

Towards Energy Citizenship for a Just and Inclusive Transition: Lessons Learned on Collaborative Approach of Positive Energy Districts from the EU Horizon2020 Smart Cities and Communities Projects

“…On the surface, P2P energy trading empowers citizens to feel in control of their own energy flexibility and to valorize it in a direct way; thusly providing another route for CECs to reshape the energy market landscape along with introducing new products and services. Nevertheless, P2P energy trading can also be leveraged to enhance a community's social cohesion by stacking nonenergy related services that have been identified as bringing added value to its members and further nudge people to adjust their behavior [19].…”