Utilization Possibilities of Electrical Energy Storages in Households’ Energy Management in Finland

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    Abstract

    Electrical energy storage is one option for making the environmental impact of households’ energy usage smaller. A storage could improve the profitability of household level electricity production and could also decrease the load in the electricity networks. So far, poor profitability has been the greatest barrier to the use of storages. The battery systems prices have been high and the benefits difficult to predict. The benefit of the use of storage and the factors affecting to the benefits are studied in this paper. For this purpose, a simulator has been designed for modelling the energy storage as part of the household’s electricity grid. The control of the storage significantly affects to the amount of benefits. The developed control method of the simulator aims to maximize the benefits. The simulations took into account the variables that are not accurately known when the storage is controlled. For these variables, such as e.g. future consumption, various forecasts were formed.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)607-617
    Number of pages11
    JournalInternational Review of Electrical Engineering: IREE
    Volume11
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 22 Feb 2017
    Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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