Impact of dynamic contracts in power systems

Mariana Da Silva Rodrigues

Key information

Authors:

Mariana Da Silva Rodrigues (Mariana Da Silva Rodrigues)

Supervisors:

Hugo Gabriel Valente Morais (Hugo Gabriel Valente Morais); Pedro Manuel Santos de Carvalho (Pedro Manuel Santos de Carvalho)

Published in

January 29, 2021

Abstract

The world relies on an enormous supply of energy to power countless of daily activities. Sustainable energy is critical in the face the sustainability challenge and the current dominance of centralized non-renewable energy generation. One crucial element in the transition towards a climate neutral society is the switch to renewable energy sources. This study aims to determine the method of organization and operation of renewable energy communities and, based on the results analyze the implications of this communities for the consumers and the electric grid. Energy Communities can adopt different governance and control structures and consequently specific business models. In the present thesis, an energy management approach to be used by a community manager allowing the optimal scheduling of community distributed energy resources is proposed. A case study considering two distinct consumption/generation scenarios are presented to two different management approaches. The preliminary results of this study show the feasibility of the proposed solution and demonstrate its effectiveness to be used in collective self-consumption. The proposed methodology considers the management of several types of distributed energy resources such as distributed generation, energy storage systems, and electric vehicles.