Blockchain-based self-consumption optimization in local energy communities

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1416

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CIRED 2019

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3-6 June 2019

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Madrid, Spain

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Yes

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Hemm, Regina, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Stefan, Mark, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Kupzog, Friederich, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Niederkofler, Michael, Energie Kompass GmbH, Austria
Schneemann, Andreas, Energie Kompass GmbH, Austria

Abstract

Due to a turnaround in energy policy and an alienation from fossil fuels, a steady increase in the number of smaller renewable energy producers emerges, differing from the conventional ones in their volatility and amount of produced energy. Former consumers are becoming prosumers uniting the role of producers and consumers and aiming to perform peer-to-peer-trading in the future.A simulation model is created representing a local energy community consisting of different households, each of them equipped with a photovoltaic power plant, a battery storage system, and grid access. These households shall cooperate with the aim to maximize the self-consumption of the entire community. Several scenarios are created, for instance extending the cluster with a community electricity storage and a community photovoltaic power plant. The aim is the self-organization as a virtual power plant offering flexibility services and following a given load-profile by utilizing all system components in an optimal way. Finally, a comparison between the different scenarios is presented and possible implementations of the Blockchain technology are evaluated.

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AIM

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2019-06-03

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CIRED 2019 Conference

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https://cired-repository.org/handle/20.500.12455/407
http://dx.doi.org/10.34890/634

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2032-9644

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978-2-9602415-0-1