A techno-economic evaluation of Virtual Net Metering for the Australian community housing sector

Damian Shaw-Williams and Connie Susilawati

Applied Energy, 2020, vol. 261, issue C, No S0306261919319580

Abstract: In a climate of soaring energy prices in Australia not all consumers are able to afford the upfront investment costs in photovoltaics to manage their energy costs. Virtual Net Metering enables the sharing of generation and storage benefits against the load of decentralised customers including apartments. The aggregation of resources can reduce the cost for monitoring and managing distributed generation. This is possible by the use of innovative technology for monitoring, billing and settlement software. This paper provides a novel evaluation of virtual net metering to address social equity in the energy transition with regard to the Australian community housing sector.

Keywords: Photovoltaics; Battery storage; Economic assessment; Social equity; Community housing; Virtual net metering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114271

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