Optimal Sizing and Environ-Economic Analysis of PV-BESS Systems for Jointly Acting Renewable Self-Consumers

Nicola Blasuttigh, Simone Negri (), Alessandro Massi Pavan () and Enrico Tironi
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Nicola Blasuttigh: Department of Engineering and Architecture, and Center for Energy, Environment and Transport Giacomo Ciamician, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Simone Negri: Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
Alessandro Massi Pavan: Department of Engineering and Architecture, and Center for Energy, Environment and Transport Giacomo Ciamician, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Enrico Tironi: Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-25

Abstract: Future residential applications could benefit from nanogrids that integrate photovoltaics (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS), especially after the establishment of recent European Community directives on renewable energy communities (RECs) and jointly acting renewable self-consumers (JARSCs). These entities consist of aggregations of users who share locally produced energy with the aim of gaining economic, environmental, and social benefits by enhancing their independence from the electricity grid. In this regard, the sizing of the PV and BESS systems is an important aspect that results in a trade-off from technical, economic, and environmental perspectives. To this end, this paper presents an investigation on the optimal PV-BESS system sizing of a condominium acting as a JARSC community, which includes a common PV plant and EMS, operated by rule-based criteria. PV-BESS sizing results are investigated from economic and environmental perspectives, considering a case study located in Milan, Italy. In these regards, in addition to the common techno-economic criteria, carbon dioxide emissions are considered with particular attention, as their reduction is the driving ethos behind recent EU directives.

Keywords: renewable energy communities; jointly acting renewable self-consumers; electricity market; CO 2 emissions; design optimization (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: 2023
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