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Impact of Non-Residential Users on the Energy Performance of Renewable Energy Communities Considering Clusterization of Consumptions

doi: 10.3390/en17163984
handle: 11572/424472
Renewable energy communities foster the users’ engagement in the energy transition, paving the way to the integration of distributed renewable energy sources. So far, the scientific literature has focused on residential users in energy communities, thus overlooking the opportunities for industrial and commercial members. This paper seeks to bridge this gap by extending the analysis to the role of non-residential users. The proposed methodology develops an effective clustering approach targeted to actual non-residential consumption profiles. It is based on the k-means algorithm and statistical characterization based on relevant probability density function curves. The employed clusterization procedure allows for effectively reducing a sample of 49 real industrial load profiles up to 11 typical consumption curves, whilst capturing all the relevant characteristics of the initial population. Furthermore, a peer-to-peer sharing strategy is developed accounting for distributed and shared storage. Three scenarios are considered to validate the model with different shares of non-residential users, and the results are then evaluated by means of shared energy, self-consumption, and self-sufficiency indices. Moreover, the results show that the integration of a large non-residential prosumer in a REC may increase the self-sufficiency of residential members by 8.2%, self-consumption by 4.4%, and the overall shared energy by 37.3%. Therefore, the residential community consistently benefits from the presence of non-residential users, with larger users inducing more pronounced effects.
- University of Trento Italy
- Imperial College London United Kingdom
- Institute for Renewable Energy (Poland) Poland
- Accademia Europea di Bolzano Italy
- University of Trento Italy
non-residential communities; renewable energy community; energy sharing; Battery Energy Storage System; Photovoltaic System; clustering, Technology, energy sharing, T, Battery Energy Storage System, non-residential communities, renewable energy community, Photovoltaic System, clustering
non-residential communities; renewable energy community; energy sharing; Battery Energy Storage System; Photovoltaic System; clustering, Technology, energy sharing, T, Battery Energy Storage System, non-residential communities, renewable energy community, Photovoltaic System, clustering
