Shared energy storage home energy

What is community shared energy storage (CSES)?

Community shared energy storage (CSES) is a solution to alleviate the uncertainty of renewable resources by aggregating excess energy during appropriate periods and discharging it when renewable generation is low. CSES involves multiple consumers or producers sharing an energy storage system.

Are shared energy storage systems effective?

In fact, shared energy storage systems can be an effective way to increase the efficiency and reliability of the energy system, regardless of whether consumers have their own PV systems or not. Comparing Figs. 4 and 5 demonstrates that CSES decreases the injecting power of consumers into the local grid.

Are shared energy resources better than private energy storage?

We demonstrate the advantages of using shared as opposed to private energy storage. Distributed Energy Resources have been playing an increasingly important role in smart grids. Distributed Energy Resources consist primarily of energy generation and storage systems utilized by individual households or shared among them as a community.

Can community members use a shared energy storage system?

To use the shared energy storage system, community members can lease the capacity of the CSES. In other words, the maximum purchased power from or sold power to the shared storage is limited by the leased capacity. The leased capacity represents the share of the CSES' capacity that each consumer can use.

Why is shared energy storage important in residential communities?

Consumers sharing energy storage have access to the energy charged to the storage by other consumers which acts as an additional energy supply that helps reduce electricity costs. Hence, there have been significant efforts to implement shared energy storage in residential communities.

Will residential consumers use individual energy storage or shared energy storage?

Given the historical data set, we assume that residential consumers will use individual energy storage or shared energy storage based on the parameter settings. For the default setting of energy storage, the capacity is determined based on the average hourly electricity demand load.