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G. Franzl:
"Using Flexibility Offered by End User Owned Energy Assets";
Talk: ComForEn 2021, 11. Symposium Communications for Energy Systems, Wien (invited); 11-22-2021 - 11-23-2021; in: "Conference Proceedings, ComForEn 2021, 11. Symposium Communications for Energy Systems", F. Kupzog (ed.); Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik, OVE-Schriftenreihe Nr. 104 (2021), ISBN: 978-3-903249-16-5; 68 - 76.

The presented discussion focuses on electric load and production flexibility. Load flexibility could be used to utilise the volatility of distributed renewable sources, increasing the renewable share in the average energy mix. Demand side management can support the balancing, locally within the distribution grid, but also on the energy market across the sources and loads served by an energy supplier or aggregator. We discuss how to identify flexibilities on a per customer level, how to offer flexibilities to potential users, how the quality of offers shall be quantified to achieve a viable fair pricing that a priori covers the inevitable non-fulfilment risk, and sketch how to schedule and possibly aggregate offers. Utilising flexibilities is one piece of the energy transition puzzle, possibly a big one. However, only a plurality and variety of approaches and systems will enable the intended net-zero CO2 budget, and eventually a truly sustainable renewable (cyclic) energy system.

The presented discussion focuses on electric load and production flexibility. Load flexibility could be used to utilise the volatility of distributed renewable sources, increasing the renewable share in the average energy mix. Demand side management can support the balancing, locally within the distribution grid, but also on the energy market across the sources and loads served by an energy supplier or aggregator. We discuss how to identify flexibilities on a per customer level, how to offer flexibilities to potential users, how the quality of offers shall be quantified to achieve a viable fair pricing that a priori covers the inevitable non-fulfilment risk, and sketch how to schedule and possibly aggregate offers. Utilising flexibilities is one piece of the energy transition puzzle, possibly a big one. However, only a plurality and variety of approaches and systems will enable the intended net-zero CO2 budget, and eventually a truly sustainable renewable (cyclic) energy system.

Flexibility; Demand Side Management; Demand Response

https://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_301228.pdf

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