Renewable_electricity_self-consumption_REF implementation
Renewable_electricity_self-consumption_REF test system model implementation - title
Renewable Electricity Self Consumption REF Test System Model Implementation
Renewable_electricity_self-consumption_REF test system model implementation - overview
Test System Model Implementation Overview
Author / organization: Frank Meinke-Hubeny / VITO-EnergyVille
Implemented Component Models / Implementation Tool: -
Implementation Approach: Monolithic
Test Parameters of Test System Model :
- Demand profile HEAT
- Demand profile COOKING
- Demand profile HOT WATER
- Demand profile LIGHTING & MULTI
- PV Generation
- Elc Storage costs
- Thermal Storage costs
Outputs/Measured Parameters:
- Electricity storage uptake (inflow and outflow)
- Thermal storage uptake (inflow and outflow)
- Self-consumption and impact of elc consumption from the low voltage grid (flow from ELCLOW to ELCRES)
Initial State of Test System Model:
The initial system state is documented in: Meinke-Hubeny, F.; de Oliveira, L.; Duerinck, J. Energy transition in Belgium: Choices and costs; EnergyVille, 2017
Temporal Resolution:
12 2-hourly consecutive time periods representing one day, with a total of 10 non-consecutive days representing a year, totalling 120 time slices
Related System Configuration
Belgium National Scale (VITO/EnergyVille) System Configuration
Related Test Case
Modelling of renewable electricity self-consumption within the residential sector
Related Use Case
Renewable_electricity_self-consumption_REF test system model implementation - short description
Short Description
The TIMES Belgium model is a technology rich, bottom up model representing all sectors of the energy system in Belgium. By separating the residential sector and introducing new commodity flows it is possible to test under what conditions (e.g. demand profiles, market prices) the self-consumption of locally generated electricity is economically viable. Also, it allows to assess the impacts of enhanced local self-consumption on centralized production needs and overall energy system costs.
This test case is used to characterize the functioning of self-consumption of renewable electricity within the residential sector, either in form of electricity or by conversion to heat. Compared to the BAU approach within the TIMES Belgium model, new energy commodities are introduced to represent flows ‘behind the meter’, meaning without entering the low-voltage grid.
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Renewable_electricity_self-consumption_REF test system model implementation - source code
Source Code of the Implemented Result Object
Please contact:
Name: Frank Meinke-Hubeny / VITO-EnergyVille