Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach
The EU policymakers have adopted legislation to support communities taking responsibility for the energy transition. However, their development and integration are still in their early stages: many studies are performed without considering the overlapped social, economic, political, electrical, and...
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| author | Albana Ilo Helmut Bruckner Markus Olofsgard Marketa Adamcova Andrea Werner |
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| description | The EU policymakers have adopted legislation to support communities taking responsibility for the energy transition. However, their development and integration are still in their early stages: many studies are performed without considering the overlapped social, economic, political, electrical, and information technology tasks simultaneously. This paper is the first to look at energy communities in their entirety, from the roles of the actors to the organisation, regulation, technical solution, and the market, to the use and business cases. The waterfall methodology was used throughout the work. The results show that energy communities can be viable by becoming reliable players so DSOs can better integrate the acquired flexibility and other services into their processes without compromising power supply. Their technical integration requires a coordinated operation and control of the entire power grid, including transmission and distribution, and the end-users, as proposed by the <i>LINK</i> holistic solution. The suggested fractal-based market structure, with the national, regional and local markets harmonised with the grid, facilitates the direct participation of small customers and distributed resources to the energy market. The results of this work may help policymakers, regulators, and industry representatives define new energy policies and processes related to research and development programs for implementing fully integrated renewable energy communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0083432f726e4ddfafbc0f22a812180d2023-11-17T10:53:00ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-03-01166293510.3390/en16062935Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> ApproachAlbana Ilo0Helmut Bruckner1Markus Olofsgard2Marketa Adamcova3Andrea Werner4Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, AustriaSonnenplatz Großschönau GmbH, 3922 Großschönau, AustriaAFRY, 401 51 Göteborg, SwedenLEEF Technologies s.r.o., 186 00 Prague, Czech RepublicInstitut für Erneuerbare Energie, FH Technikum Wien, 1200 Vienna, AustriaThe EU policymakers have adopted legislation to support communities taking responsibility for the energy transition. However, their development and integration are still in their early stages: many studies are performed without considering the overlapped social, economic, political, electrical, and information technology tasks simultaneously. This paper is the first to look at energy communities in their entirety, from the roles of the actors to the organisation, regulation, technical solution, and the market, to the use and business cases. The waterfall methodology was used throughout the work. The results show that energy communities can be viable by becoming reliable players so DSOs can better integrate the acquired flexibility and other services into their processes without compromising power supply. Their technical integration requires a coordinated operation and control of the entire power grid, including transmission and distribution, and the end-users, as proposed by the <i>LINK</i> holistic solution. The suggested fractal-based market structure, with the national, regional and local markets harmonised with the grid, facilitates the direct participation of small customers and distributed resources to the energy market. The results of this work may help policymakers, regulators, and industry representatives define new energy policies and processes related to research and development programs for implementing fully integrated renewable energy communities.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2935energy community<i>LINK</i> holistic architectureuse casesbusiness casesroadmapcustomer acceptance |
| spellingShingle | Albana Ilo Helmut Bruckner Markus Olofsgard Marketa Adamcova Andrea Werner Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach Energies energy community <i>LINK</i> holistic architecture use cases business cases roadmap customer acceptance |
| title | Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach |
| title_full | Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach |
| title_fullStr | Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach |
| title_short | Viable Fully Integrated Energy Community Based on the Holistic <em>LINK</em> Approach |
| title_sort | viable fully integrated energy community based on the holistic em link em approach |
| topic | energy community <i>LINK</i> holistic architecture use cases business cases roadmap customer acceptance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/6/2935 |
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