A shared PV system for transportation and residential loads to reduce curtailment and the need for storage systems

Diab, I.; Damianakis, Nikolaos; Chandra Mouli, G.R.; Bauer, P.

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122131

A shared PV system for transportation and residential loads to reduce curtailment and the need for storage systems

Title

A shared PV system for transportation and residential loads to reduce curtailment and the need for storage systems

Author

Diab, I. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage)
Damianakis, Nikolaos (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage)
Chandra Mouli, G.R. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage)
Bauer, P. (TU Delft DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage)

Date

2024

Abstract

This paper proposes a shared multi-stakeholder PV system for traction substations and nearby residential loads to reduce the need for storage, AC grid exchange, and curtailment. The residential stakeholders offer both the base electrical load and the solar panels installation space needed by the traction stakeholder, who brings the peak load and investments to the former. Two case studies were conducted for one year in the city of Arnhem, The cy=Netherlands, using comprehensive and verified simulation models: A high-traffic and a low-traffic substation. The results showed a positive, synergetic benefit in reducing the PV system's excess energy and size requirement for any type of traction substations connected to any number of households. In one detailed example, the multi-stakeholder system suggested in this paper is shown to reduce curtailment by up to 80% in moments of zero-traction load. Generally, the direct load coverage of a PV system is increased by as much as 7 absolute percentage points to the single-stakeholder system when looking at energy-neutral system sizes. This multi-stakeholders system offers then an increase in the techno-economic feasibility of PV system integration in urban loads.

Subject

DC systems
Electric mobility
Public transport
Smart grids
Solar PV
Trolleybus

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122131

ISSN

0306-2619

Source

Applied Energy, 353

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