Simulation of Energy Exchange between Single Prosumer Residential Building and Utility Grid

Abstract

Modern households usually have independent energy sources such as wind generators, photovoltaic (PV) panels, and similar green energy production equipment. Experts predict that soon, there will be an increasing number of such prosumers who both produce and consume energy. This process alleviates and reduces the load on large national electricity networks and also contributes to overall energy security. In this paper, a simulation model of a household, which employs a wind generator as its independent source of electricity, is developed. It is expected that this approach will be easily replicated for more complex configurations. The other components of the single prosumer microgrid that will be assessed are the non-shiftable electricity consumption equipment, which is used mainly in households and deployed separately for water heater, with a separate battery to meet the needs of these non-shiftable consumers. The 5-min data intervals for the year of simulation have been used. The characteristics of energy flow according to production and consumption schedules and the capacity of storage equipment have been modelled and simulated. Results disclose that wind turbine production size and buffer battery have a crucial impact on the demand cover factor.

Prosumers’ Needs Satisfied Due to Cooperation with Offerors in the Context of Attitudes toward Such Cooperation

“…It should be emphasized that other authors have so far focused on analyzing specific reasons for purchasers' willingness to engage in value co-creation. These reasons included altruism [62], self-complacency and social respect [63], social position [64], material rewards [65], costs reduction in the case of energy co-creation [66], satisfaction with performing creative tasks, and even the opportunity to find friends [28], although the last two reasons relate to cooperation with other purchasers, not with offerors. Thus, the subject of these studies was different.…”