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@inproceedings{Dahmm:2017,
author = {Dahmm, H and Bustos-Turu, G and Acha, S and Shah, N},
title = {Techno-economic analysis and trade-offs of cooperative community energy planning schemes in the UK},
year = {2017}
}
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AB - © 2017 IMEKO Community Energy (CE) is the ownership of distributed energy resources by local communities. this paper describes a modelling framework for how communities can realize new opportunities through cooperation. The model disaggregates a community into sectors, having unique combinations of energy profiles, financial conditions, and available technologies. A modified Nash Bargaining technique was used to optimize the selection and operation of boiler, heat pump and CHP technologies, while also managing the exchange of energy vectors within the community; sectors cooperated first by exchanging electricity generation, exchanging heat, and then exchanging electricity and heat together. This approach adds to the literature by comparing forms of energy integration while considering diverse community interests. A case study was developed from London residential data, combined with profiles of five non-residential sectors. Results show that the exchange of electricity or heat can increase CO2 mitigation relative to independent action, but exchanging electricity and heat together magnifies the possible mitigation. Economic benefits vary between sectors and scenarios, but exchanging electricity and heat together maximizes the objective. Cooperation increases community resilience to reductions in government support, and increasing existing subsidies might reduce the incentive to cooperate. Future work should consider business plans for realizing environmental and economic benefits.
AU - Dahmm,H
AU - Bustos-Turu,G
AU - Acha,S
AU - Shah,N
PY - 2017///
TI - Techno-economic analysis and trade-offs of cooperative community energy planning schemes in the UK
ER -