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Energy Sharing Models in Renewable Energy Communities

1 Citations•2023•
Inês Araújo, B. Grasel, A. Cerveira
2023 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET)

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Abstract

Renewable energy communities (REC) are an increasingly interesting solution for all energy market stakeholders. In RECs consumers and producers come together to form energy cooperatives with a strong incorporation of renewables in order to make the market and energy trading more advantageous for both sides. This growing trend has been followed by several studies aimed at understanding which are the best models for energy sharing within the community. This paper proposes different models of energy sharing within the community and evaluates their efficiency. Energy sharing can be based on constant coefficients or variable coefficients based on the net consumption of the self-consumers. This study proposes a new methodology based on a hybrid model. The results show the advantages and challenges of the individual energy-sharing models, showing that up to 41% of the energy imports from the grid can be reduced.