The recent European directives introduced Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) as entities that promote cooperation among users of the electric system by means of sharing energy. Italy is one of the first European countries to incorporate RECs into its regulatory framework, with a governance model and specific incentive mechanisms to promote the energy sharing among community members. This paper presents a co-simulation approach for RECs to model the integration of buildings loads and electric mobility for flexibility purposes. Members of RECs may install photovoltaic and storage system to feed their loads, as well as electric vehicles. The electric loads that correspond to heating and cooling are also accounted for using EnergyPlus, by implementing real case studies in different Italian climatic conditions. Moreover, consumptions data and charging performance of electric vehicles are implemented in the model, taking into account real measurements and data available on the market. The Julia package EnergyCommunity.jl is used to develop electric and economic/business models. Results of the proposed 10-users case study show that the introduction of electric mobility is useful for increasing the shared energy of the community, but the final social costs are higher due to the large initial investment for installing the charging stations.
Electric Mobility integrated in Renewable Energy Communities: technical/economic modelling and performance analysis
Fioriti D.;Poli D.;
2024-01-01
Abstract
The recent European directives introduced Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) as entities that promote cooperation among users of the electric system by means of sharing energy. Italy is one of the first European countries to incorporate RECs into its regulatory framework, with a governance model and specific incentive mechanisms to promote the energy sharing among community members. This paper presents a co-simulation approach for RECs to model the integration of buildings loads and electric mobility for flexibility purposes. Members of RECs may install photovoltaic and storage system to feed their loads, as well as electric vehicles. The electric loads that correspond to heating and cooling are also accounted for using EnergyPlus, by implementing real case studies in different Italian climatic conditions. Moreover, consumptions data and charging performance of electric vehicles are implemented in the model, taking into account real measurements and data available on the market. The Julia package EnergyCommunity.jl is used to develop electric and economic/business models. Results of the proposed 10-users case study show that the introduction of electric mobility is useful for increasing the shared energy of the community, but the final social costs are higher due to the large initial investment for installing the charging stations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
