Virtual net-billing: A fair energy sharing method for collective self-consumption

Vladimir Z. Gjorgievski, Snezana Cundeva, Natasa Markovska and George E. Georghiou

Energy, 2022, vol. 254, issue PB

Abstract: This paper proposes an energy sharing method for collective self-consumption called virtual net-billing. The proposed method enables the members of an energy community to fairly share energy in real-time, based on their individual contribution. To achieve this, a mathematical model is developed, which separates the total self-consumption of the community into a portion caused by behind-the-meter self-consumption and a portion caused by the energy sharing. The properties of the proposed method are explored analytically, using cooperative game theory, and through simulations of 600 hypothetical energy communities, developed using real-world data. To assess the fairness of the proposed method, a theoretical framework is developed, which consists of three mutually non-exclusive definitions and three numerical indicators. Using this framework, the method is compared to five existing energy sharing methods from the scientific literature. The results indicate that virtual net-billing provides the lowest trade-off between fairness and computation complexity compared to the existing methods, which makes it suitable for large energy communities and easy implementation in real-world settings.

Keywords: Cooperative game theory; Community energy; Collective self-consumption; Energy sharing; Peer-to-peer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124246

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