Heao New Energy Chonggang Shared Energy Storage Project

Can shared energy storage be used in smart grids and energy systems?

Finally, we discuss some promising directions for the future study on shared ES. Energy storage (ES) plays a significant role in modern smart grids and energy systems. To facilitate and improve the utilization of ES, appropriate system design and operational strategies should be adopted.

How to create a shared energy storage community?

Community setup The first step to have shared energy storage is to form communities which are built by using the k -means approach. The geographical locations (longitude and latitude) are used to cluster the households. In this case, K = 3 is used to form three communities due to the distance limitation of CES and the road intersection.

How k-means can be used to allocate energy storage?

By using k -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.

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 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).

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.