Shared energy storage in tegucigalpa

Are community energy storage systems fair?

However, the fairness of utilizing the community energy storage system should be considered in the allocation phase, in other words, it might cause problems if the ratio of charging and discharging is not satisfactory in a given community, causing some households to always provide power to other households.

What is community energy storage?

In contrast to individual energy storage, the field of community energy storage (CES) is now gaining more attention in various countries. We note that a community is a medium size neighborhood within a given geographical region that contains several households and that can share resources.

Should community energy storage be used instead of private energy storage?

Computational results are presented on two real use cases in the cities of Ennis, Ireland and Waterloo, Canada, to show the advantage of using community energy storage as opposed to private energy storage and to evaluate the cost savings which can facilitate future deployment of community energy storage.

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.

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 energy storage devices?

Energy storage devices are used to store power generated by PV systems or adjust the households’ power consumption. The constraints which consider PES and CES are (18) (19) (20) Constraint (18) indicates that the battery state of charge must be within the range of physical limitations.