Performance of a shared solar and battery storage system in an Australian apartment building

Syed, Moiz Masood; Hansen, Paula; Morrison, Gregory M.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110321

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“…Given that detached houses already contribute to a reduction of carbon emission [14], multi-residential buildings should also play a major role in decreasing the overall greenhouse gas emissions. Allocation of shared solar in strata developments would also benefit in reaching carbon emission mitigation goals of 441 MtCO 2 e by 2030 [3,15] through increased self-consumption and reduction of building emissions [16].…”

Section: Dres In Residential Dwellingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only a few publications thoroughly studied apartment load profiles [23,32]. Apart from these studies, a shared microgrid was discussed in [3], which analyzed the technical performance of shared solar and battery storage for residential apartments. Moreover a techno-economic evaluation was performed in [33] to examine the impact of PV-BESS systems using interval data.…”

Section: Low Uptake Of Dres In Apartmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While detached buildings integrating DRES have conventionally been metered for revenue identification, there is less information on apartment metering for the shared distribution of energy. This study relies on the pulse metering infrastructure similar to [3], which used distributed arrangement to track the energy generated and used for each apartment. We will discuss this in Section 5.1.…”

Section: Shared Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The microgrid in the WGV project consists of solar PV and BESS embedded behind the main grid meter. We refer to [3] to call this the shared energy microgrid (SEM). It does not technically differ from the embedded network given in [23], but the focus has been on mutual proprietorship of the infrastructure and also the element of energy trading that steered the shared microgrid design [3,58].…”

Section: Shared Energy Microgridmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While technical guidelines and installation standards exist [2], shared systems for apartment buildings are seldom addressed in the literature. Only a few multi-residential projects have implemented a shared governance structure [3], and consequently, there is no clear model for ready adoption. A shared governance structure would seem important to increase the uptake of distributed renewable energy systems (DRES) as the price of PV-battery technology is declining and solar irradiance conditions in Australia are favorable [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Shared Solar and Battery Storage Configuration Effectiveness for Reducing the Grid Reliance of Apartment Complexes

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More than 2 million houses in Australia have installed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems; however, apartment buildings have adopted a low percentage of solar PV and battery storage installations. Given that grid usage reduction through PV and battery storage is a primary objective in most residential buildings, apartments have not yet fully benefited from installations of such systems. This research presents shared microgrid configurations for three apartment buildings with PV and battery storage and evaluates the reduction in grid electricity usage by analyzing self-sufficiency. The results reveal that the three studied sites at White Gum Valley achieved an overall self-sufficiency of more than 60%. Owing to the infancy of the shared solar and battery storage market for apartment complexes and lack of available data, this study fills the research gap by presenting preliminary quantitative findings from implementation in apartment buildings.

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Section: Dres In Residential Dwellingsmentioning

confidence: 99%