TY - GEN
T1 - Economic Impacts of Energy Communities - The Use of Separate Lines or DSO Networks in Connecting Shared Energy Resources
AU - Koskela, Juha
AU - Lummi, Kimmo
AU - Järventausta, Pertti
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was part of the PRELUDE project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement N° 958345 and STEK ry.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Energy communities (ECs) are collectives in which multiple customers can utilize different energy resources (ERs), e.g., small-scale energy production and different flexibility resources, together. ECs enable the increase of local renewable energy production and flexibility in the grid, and the customer participation in producing cleaner energy. This paper studies the economic impacts of connecting different ERs to an EC either via a separate line or the distribution system operator (DSO) network. ECs can be profitable if its members, and the ERs, are situated within the same property boundary. However, there are also situations where it is better to connect the ERs to the EC by using separate line crossing the property boundary. These options have different impacts on the EC and different stakeholders. The paper shows that building a short separate line can be profitable, and that the present DSO tariff do not encourage ECs to use a DSO network.
AB - Energy communities (ECs) are collectives in which multiple customers can utilize different energy resources (ERs), e.g., small-scale energy production and different flexibility resources, together. ECs enable the increase of local renewable energy production and flexibility in the grid, and the customer participation in producing cleaner energy. This paper studies the economic impacts of connecting different ERs to an EC either via a separate line or the distribution system operator (DSO) network. ECs can be profitable if its members, and the ERs, are situated within the same property boundary. However, there are also situations where it is better to connect the ERs to the EC by using separate line crossing the property boundary. These options have different impacts on the EC and different stakeholders. The paper shows that building a short separate line can be profitable, and that the present DSO tariff do not encourage ECs to use a DSO network.
KW - Batteries
KW - Energy management
KW - Load modeling
KW - Power system economics
KW - Solar energy
U2 - 10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161930
DO - 10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161930
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85165225303
SN - 9798350324525
T3 - International Conference on the European Energy Market
BT - 2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023
PB - IEEE
T2 - International Conference on the European Energy Market
Y2 - 6 June 2023 through 8 June 2023
ER -