Individual energy storage

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.

Why are energy storage systems limiting the benefits of energy storage?

The burden of the investment cost placed on the individual residential consumers can cause consumers to have energy storage systems that cannot meet their energy needs, thus limiting the expected benefits of the energy storage.

Why is energy storage important?

Energy storage is a potential substitute for, or complement to, almost every aspect of a power system, including generation, transmission, and demand flexibility. Storage should be co-optimized with clean generation, transmission systems, and strategies to reward consumers for making their electricity use more flexible.

Who has access to energy storage?

For the individual energy storage setting, each residential consumer has the sole access to their own energy storage.

Should energy storage be shared?

Considering these aspects, there has been an increasing interest in sharing energy storage among individual consumers, specifically in a residential community. With shared energy storage, multiple consumers will have access to the energy storage by charging and discharging the energy storage depending on their own needs.

What is shared energy storage?

With shared energy storage, multiple consumers will have access to the energy storage by charging and discharging the energy storage depending on their own needs. In this case, consumers can reduce the burden of the installation of energy storage by sharing initial investment costs.