Pricing mechanisms for energy communities : the Gridflex Heeten project

Abstract

chairman and secretary) Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, chairs of Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES) and Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming (DMMP).

Community Energy Storage: Governance and Business Models

“…Often local CES are developed in co-operation and collaboration with different societal and energy system actors with the aim of maximizing self-consumption of local generation as well as identifying suitable conditions for sustainable operation of local energy storage (Enexis, 2012;Liander, 2017). For example, the pilots of CES in the Netherlands in Ettenleur, Rijsenhout, and Heeten are developed in collaboration with distribution system operators as well as energy storage and information technology developers (Enexis, 2012;Gridflex, 2018).…”

“…Yet, the increasing number of local energy initiatives signifies huge potential for CES. For example, some of the local energy initiatives in the Netherlands are starting to engage with pilot projects in CES in collaboration with distribution system operators and technology developers (Enexis, 2012;Gridflex, 2018). In USA, Brooklyn microgird consisting of 400-kW Solar PV, 400-kW fuel cell, and 300-kW/1.2-MWh lithium ion batteries provides added benefits of economic incentives through demand charge reduction, grid relief, and grid services as well as energy security and resiliency (Brooklyn Microgrid, 2016).…”

“…In such a scenario, local CES will have important role in local balancing and avoiding peak network and energy tariffs. Behind the transformer microgrid concept is being tested in the Gridflex pilot project in the Netherlands (Gridflex, 2018).…”