Scenario-based modelling of future residential electricity demands and assessing their impact on distribution grids

Veldman, E.; Gibescu, M.; Slootweg, J.G.; Kling, WL Wil

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.078

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“…Prosumption could, for instance, only be allowed to deliver back to the grid outside peak periods. However, here the divergent interests as between the electricity supply company and the DSO might result in suboptimal shifts in electricity demands [44].…”

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Prosumption and the distribution and supply of electricity

2016

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Background: Increasing numbers of households install renewable energy production systems like photovoltaic panels thereby contributing to a more sustainable energy system. Other developments, like in-home storage or peer-to-peer exchange within a neighbourhood, also contribute to the transition. This paper explores the emerging rise of these prosumers of electricity and its implications, in particular for grid management and electricity supply in the Netherlands. Methods: With the help of an agent-based model, we illustrate the evolution of prosumption in a small Dutch-oriented residential community in five scenarios. The second part of the paper discusses the implications of the modelled rise in prosumption.Results: Depending on the number of prosumers, combined with storage and peer-to-peer supply, we found a share of prosumption in this local community of about 28-30 %. The community will require less electricity from the central power plants. These model results also indicate that the management of the local network will become more important if more households become prosumers in combination with storage and peer-to-peer supply. Conclusions: These trends affect current business models of DSOs and electricity production and supply companies. The latter are facing a loss of turnover which needs to be compensated by developing alternative business models. And, DSOs have to deal with the new needs on the local grid which also require an adaptation of their business models. Developing business models in cooperation with local energy communities could be an attractive alternative to explore.

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2016

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“…In this scenario we used an average daily energy demand chart of a yearly 4000 kWh consuming household [7]. We have done a simulation on a 3,34 kWp PV system in Budapest on 21 of March.…”

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The shift from „grid-tie” to partly „off-grid”

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Ladanyi

József³

2024

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“…Experimenting with law and governance for the distribution grid is a well-chosen focus. On the one hand, increasing DG and demand can pose challenges for the low-voltage grid [46], on the other hand the local level can play an important role in local climate policy and action [47]. As the current legislation of the electricity sector is shaped to centralized production and transmission, searching for specific modes of governance for activities emerging at the distribution level is useful.…”

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Experimenting with Law and Governance for Decentralized Electricity Systems: Adjusting Regulation to Reality?

Lammers

Diestelmeier

2017

Sustainability

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Moving towards a low-carbon society calls not only for technological innovation, but also for new modes of governance. However, the current legal framework of the electricity sector, and the modes of governance that it establishes, impede innovation in the sector. To overcome this obstacle, in 2015 the Dutch government adopted a Crown decree for experiments with decentralized renewable electricity generation (Experimentation Decree) with the aim to generate insights on how to adjust the legal framework. The question remains whether regulation is being adopted to real-life settings, i.e., which lessons can be learned from experimentally acquired results regarding new modes of governance for decentralized electricity systems? To answer this question we apply an interdisciplinary approach: we investigate which modes of governance are established in the Experimentation Decree (legal research) and which ones are implemented in nine projects (governance research). Under the Decree, associations have to carry out all tasks in the electricity supply chain and can engage in collective generation, peer-to-peer supply and system operation. Other modes of governance, new actors for emerging activities and consumer involvement are limited. We conclude that the Experimentation Decree is too restricted regarding new modes of governance for a decentralized electricity system in real-life settings.

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Scenario-based modelling of future residential electricity demands and assessing their impact on distribution grids

Cited by 87 publications

References 14 publications

Prosumption and the distribution and supply of electricity

Prosumption and the distribution and supply of electricity

The shift from „grid-tie” to partly „off-grid”

Experimenting with Law and Governance for Decentralized Electricity Systems: Adjusting Regulation to Reality?

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