Market integration of local energy systems: Is local energy management compatible with European regulation for retail competition?

Eid, Cherrelle; Bollinger, L. Andrew; Koirala, Binod Prasad; Scholten, Daniel; Facchinetti, Emanuele; Lilliestam, Johan; Hakvoort, Rudi A.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2016.08.072

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“…According to more recent research, the interest is concentrated on providing AS from the distribution grid to System Operators by implementing a "bottom-up approach" [128]. This concept sounds more reasonable as the share of small DRES in the distribution grid is constantly increasing.…”

Section: Electricity Market At Distribution Grid Levelmentioning

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Ancillary Services Market Design in Distribution Networks: Review and Identification of Barriers

Oureilidis

Malamaki

Gallos³

et al. 2020

Energies

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The high proliferation of converter-dominated Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (DRESs) at the distribution grid level has gradually replaced the conventional synchronous generators (SGs) of the transmission system, resulting in emerging stability and security challenges. The inherent characteristics of the SGs are currently used for providing ancillary services (ASs), following the instructions of the Transmission System Operator, while the DRESs are obliged to offer specific system support functions, without being remunerated for these functions, but only for the energy they inject. This changing environment has prompted the integration of energy storage systems as a solution for transfusing new characteristics and elaborating their business in the electricity markets, while the smart grid infrastructure and the upcoming microgrid architectures contribute to the transformation of the distribution grid. This review investigates the existing ASs in transmission system with the respective markets (emphasizing the DRESs’ participation in these markets) and proposes new ASs at distribution grid level, with emphasis to inertial response, active power ramp rate control, frequency response, voltage regulation, fault contribution and harmonic mitigation. The market tools and mechanisms for the procurement of these ASs are presented evolving the existing role of the Operators. Finally, potential barriers in the technical, regulatory, and financial framework have been identified and analyzed.

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Section: Electricity Market At Distribution Grid Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ancillary Services Market Design in Distribution Networks: Review and Identification of Barriers

Oureilidis

Malamaki

Gallos³

et al. 2020

Energies

112

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“…Recent studies [26][27][28] are exploiting the proneness of LV consumers to adopt DG and DR to analyze and propose better regulatory and policy frameworks. Techno-economic assessment of potential business cases for promoting AD in LV is carried out in other studies.…”

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Load modeling of active low‐voltage consumers and comparative analysis of their impact on distribution system expansion planning

Neto

Abaide

Miranda

et al. 2019

Int Trans Electr Energ Syst

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Summary This paper proposes a new probabilistic model for active low‐voltage prosumers suitable for distribution expansion planning studies. The load uncertainty of these consumers is considered through a range of load profiles by segmenting the energy consumption according to the different energy uses. Then, consumption adjustments are simulated using a nonhomogenous Poisson process based on the energy usage preferences and the financial gains according to the tariff scheme. A case study based on the modified IEEE 33‐Bus test system with real data collected from a Brazilian distribution company is performed in order to analyze the impact of the load profiles in scenarios with high penetration of renewable distributed generation (DG). The experiments carried out reveal that considerable monetary savings in the expansion of the distribution grid can be achieved for this case study (up to 37%) as compared with the alternative with no active demand (AD) by exploiting the flexibility associated with the active behavior of prosumers as a response to price signals and/or by permitting adequate levels for the integration of DG into the distribution grid.

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“…Indeed, the real applicability of EV distribution grid services will highly depend on the local regulatory conditions as well as on the deployed infrastructure. Hence, it is important to analyse the techno-institutional and the economic layers [29], with emphasis on recognising barriers for active EV involvement and providing recommendations for overcoming them. These barriers and challenges can be divided in two categories: the technology and infrastructure related ones, and the policy and market related ones.…”

Section: Barriers and Challenges For Proactive Ev Involvement At The mentioning

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Supporting involvement of electric vehicles in distribution grids: Lowering the barriers for a proactive integration

Knezović

Marinelli

Zecchino

et al. 2017

Energy

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Increasing environmental concerns are driving an evolution of the energy system in which electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role. Still, as the EV number increases, the adverse impact of charging is observed more widely, especially at the low-voltage level where high EV concentrations cause various detrimental effects due to the coincidence between EV charging and residential peak load. However, if managed properly, EVs become flexible resources which can improve the system operation, making them an attractive asset for the distribution system operator. With the recent technology development, new forms of local EV support can be developed, provided that an appropriate regulatory framework is established. Whereas the technical value of such EV distribution grid services has already been proven, integrating them into the European regulatory context is not straightforward. In the context where active distribution grid management schemes are still to be developed, it is important to recognise the barriers for active EV involvement in the early stage of the development. This manuscript focuses on identifying these barriers from a technology and infrastructure perspective as well as from the regulatory and market aspect. Various policy recommendations are provided for the stakeholders involved in the EV value chain.

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Market integration of local energy systems: Is local energy management compatible with European regulation for retail competition?

Cited by 79 publications

References 13 publications

Ancillary Services Market Design in Distribution Networks: Review and Identification of Barriers

Ancillary Services Market Design in Distribution Networks: Review and Identification of Barriers

Load modeling of active low‐voltage consumers and comparative analysis of their impact on distribution system expansion planning

Supporting involvement of electric vehicles in distribution grids: Lowering the barriers for a proactive integration

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