Shared Solar and Battery Storage Configuration Effectiveness for Reducing the Grid Reliance of Apartment Complexes

Moiz Masood Syed, Gregory M. Morrison and James Darbyshire
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Moiz Masood Syed: School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia
Gregory M. Morrison: School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia
James Darbyshire: Balance Utility Solutions, Tarlton Crescent, Perth Airport, WA 6105, Australia

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-23

Abstract: More than 2 million houses in Australia have installed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems; however, apartment buildings have adopted a low percentage of solar PV and battery storage installations. Given that grid usage reduction through PV and battery storage is a primary objective in most residential buildings, apartments have not yet fully benefited from installations of such systems. This research presents shared microgrid configurations for three apartment buildings with PV and battery storage and evaluates the reduction in grid electricity usage by analyzing self-sufficiency. The results reveal that the three studied sites at White Gum Valley achieved an overall self-sufficiency of more than 60%. Owing to the infancy of the shared solar and battery storage market for apartment complexes and lack of available data, this study fills the research gap by presenting preliminary quantitative findings from implementation in apartment buildings.

Keywords: solar PV; shared energy microgrid; battery storage; self-sufficiency; apartment complexes; empirical analysis; energy autonomy; shared PV storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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