Springer Science+Business Media, Singapore, 2016. – 216 p. – ISBN10: 3319248723
This book addresses the problem of building an optimal community energy network in a decentralized distributed energy context. The book introduces a few novel modeling frameworks to assist a single customer or a community of multiple end-user customers in building their optimal electricity system/network and operating their own local energy system. The content of the book is suitable for students, academics and industrial practitioners studying or working in the area of energy management and smart grid energy networks.
TopicsEnergy Policy, Economics and Management
Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks
Energy Technology
Introduction: Features of a Smart Energy Network
Grid Revolution with Distributed Generation and Storage
A Generic Framework for DGS Nanogrids
PV-Battery Nanogrid Systems
Sensitivity Analysis of Grid-Connected PV-Battery Systems
The “Death Spiral” for the Utility Industry: A Myth or Reality?
Economic Analysis of Leaving the Grid
Noncooperative Community Energy Networks
Cooperative Community Energy Networks
Appendix