demand aggregator
New paper published in Applied Energy
Fri, 04/03/2020 - 12:05 — admin
The paper entittled Critical evaluation of European balancing markets to enable the participation of Demand Aggregators has been published in Applied Energy This paper has been done in collaboration with the Institute for Energy Research of Catalonia (IREC). This study analyzes barriers and enablers of four European electricity markets and proposes a new market framework that would enhance Demand Aggregators' participation. Main barriers for Demand Aggregators have been identified and analyzed and a regulation scheme is proposed to enable Demand Aggregators participation. According to our results, small tertiary building aggregation is still not economic viable but existing municipal retailers could consider to extend their operations to Demand Aggregation.
Critical evaluation of European balancing markets to enable the participation of Demand Aggregators
Fri, 04/03/2020 - 11:42 — admin| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Mattia Barbero; Cristina Corchero; Lluc Canals; Lucia Igualada; F.-Javier Heredia |
| Journal Title | Applied Energy |
| Volume | 264 |
| Journal Date | 04/2020 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| ISSN Number | 0306-2619/ |
| Key Words | Demand Aggregator; Regulatory framework; Ancillary Services; Demand Response; Tertiary building management; research; paper |
| Abstract | European Directives are incentivizing consumers to play an active role in the electricity system and to collaborate to maintain its stability, which has been historically provided by large generation power plants. However, it is not easy for the System Operator to handle the coexistence of consumers and generators in the same markets. Under these circumstances, a new actor allows small residential and commercial consumers to participate in flexibility markets: The Demand Aggregator. However, balancing markets opened to Demand Aggregators still present several barriers that do not allow their practical participation. This study analyzes barriers and enablers of four European electricity markets and proposes a new market framework that would enhance Demand Aggregators’ participation. To validate the proposed market and to understand the economic potentials of aggregated small tertiary buildings, a Demand Aggregator is simulated using real building’s consumption data. Results show that technical requirements to participate in balancing markets such as the minimum bid size, the symmetricity of the offer and the product resolution strongly affect incomes for Demand Aggregators. However, neither in the proposed market, the creation of a Demand Aggregator whose business model is focused on small tertiary buildings does not seem realistic due to low incomes in comparison to the fixed costs necessary to enable Demand Response, especially if only the air conditioning system is considered. |
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114707 |
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