Socialized service function facility energy storage

How to optimize energy storage operation scheduling for households?

The operation scheduling for households is optimized given different allocation options of the energy storage from private energy storage to community energy storage. The proposed framework includes three parts: community setup, allocation options for energy storage, and operational cost optimization.

What is community energy storage?

Community energy storage refers to an energy storage system located within a community with defined boundaries.

Should community energy storage be used instead of private energy storage?

Computational results are presented on two real use cases in the cities of Ennis, Ireland and Waterloo, Canada, to show the advantage of using community energy storage as opposed to private energy storage and to evaluate the cost savings which can facilitate future deployment of community energy storage.

Are community energy storage systems fair?

However, the fairness of utilizing the community energy storage system should be considered in the allocation phase, in other words, it might cause problems if the ratio of charging and discharging is not satisfactory in a given community, causing some households to always provide power to other households.

How can -means be used to allocate energy storage?

By using -means to allocate energy storage and formulating a MILP model to optimize the operational cost, different scenarios, including different types of appliances, PV systems, energy storage, and household power consumption profiles are compared in an individual setup as well as a community setup.

What are the energy allocation options for local communities?

Four allocation options for the local communities are considered: private energy storage (PES), community energy storage with random allocation (CES-random), community energy storage with diverse allocation (CES-diverse), and community energy storage with homogeneous allocation (CES-homogeneous).