Electric Power Management and Control in DC Buildings — State-Of-The-Art and Emerging TechnologiesPietro Emiliani (ESR10)Chapter in the book "Power Quality: Infrastructures and Control." PDF cannot be shared publicly. |
A Critical Review of District Heating and District Cooling Socioeconomic and Environmental BenefitsS.M. Masum Ahmed (ESR14)Heating energy demand accounts for almost 50% of global final energy consumption. The cooling demand is also rising, accounting for 16% of the building sector's final electricity consumption. District heating and cooling (DH-DC) can significantly reduce overall energy consumption and CO2 emissions considering the use of green sources and new technologies. Identifying and assessing the benefits generated by DH-DC is crucial for supporting policymakers and driving sustainable financing. This paper aims to identify and categorise DH-DC benefits through a literature review focusing on methods to assess them. In this review, 35 research works have been considered and analysed. Benefits identified in the literature broke down into four categories: benefits for the energy system, end-users, environment, and society. Benefits are well recognised in the literature; however, most studies focused on qualitative analysis with a low impact on DH-DC project assessment. Results will be used to design a new integrated assessment framework. |
An Overview of the Functions of Smart Grids Associated with Virtual Power Plants Including Cybersecurity MeasuresAnas Abdullah Alvi (ESR03)The use of renewable energy is on the rise and is expanding ever so greatly in this modern age of technology. However, it comes with a new set of challenges to properly integrate these renewable energy-based power plants thus forming a virtual power plant safely and reliably into the power grid in which a smart grid plays an effective role. The main focus of this paper is to review the functions a modern-day smart grid plays in the integration of distributed energy resources to the grid to form a virtual power plant including cybersecurity measures. It also addresses a basic example of the detection of a cyber-attack caused into the grid assuming it to be manipulated by a hacker together with a novel solution and later validated by performing simulation. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Ferrada, F. (eds) Technological Innovation for Connected Cyber Physical Spaces. DoCEIS 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 678. Springer, Cham. |
AN OVERVIEW OF BIDIRECTIONAL EV CHARGERS: EMPOWERING TRACTION GRID-POWERED CHARGERSMykola Lukianov (ESR06)"AN OVERVIEW OF BIDIRECTIONAL EV CHARGERS: EMPOWERING TRACTION GRID-POWERED CHARGERS" - part of the book published by Springer. |
Analyzing Value-Sharing Methods in Energy Communities with Coalitional Game TheorySaeed Akbari (ESR12)Within energy systems, collaboration has recently gained increased attention from academia and industry. However, the success of collaboration requires a fair value-sharing method based on the individual contributions. Coalitional Game Theory (CGT) offers a conceptual framework for analyzing projects where participants cooperate or collaborate to achieve favorable outcomes. The growing importance of collaboration in Energy Communities (ECs) suggests the development of CGT-based frameworks designed to understand the behavior and relationships among diverse players in a variety of operational and planning contexts. This work presents an overview of recent developments in CGT and their application in ECs, starting with a concise theoretical explanation of CGT, focusing value-sharing methods. It then examines recent applications of CGT in addressing operational and planning challenges within ECs. The paper concludes with a brief discussion on limitations, opportunities, and potential paths for further research in this field. |
Energy Communities Enablers: Techno-Economic Optimization Analysis of Renewable Energy System for Electric Vehicle charging StationS.M. Masum Ahmed (ESR14)Energy Communities (ECs) aim to foster collaborative, citizen-driven clean energy transitions. Within the EU, they are formally defined as Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) and Citizen Energy Communities (CECs). These initiatives promote citizen participation in decentralized energy production and in delivering energy services. Examples may include services to the grid; services to members; and services directed to external clients. Moreover, they contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing energy security, and lowering dependence on fossil fuels by fostering cleaner and more efficient energy systems. However, ECs face significant barriers to growth, including social, economic, institutional, and technological challenges. Overcoming these requires suitable enablers, such as smart metering and accessible renewable energy technologies. Many studies focus on EC enablers by categorizing them into technical, institutional, social, and economic enablers. Among technical enablers, Renewable Energy Sources (RES)-powered Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) are gaining increasing relevance support the optimization of renewable energy generation and enable G2V and V2G operations. These functions enhance self-consumption, provide flexibility services to the grid, and supply backup storage to local communities, while potentially generating additional revenues when serving external clients who pay for charging their vehicles. Despite these potential benefits, RES-powered EVCS are rarely integrated into the main activities of ECs, and their feasibility remains underexplored in the literature. This study addresses this gap by validating RES-powered EVCS as effective enablers through two techno-economic feasibility analyses, applied to real case studies. The analyses combine software-based optimisation (HOMER) with a mathematical optimisation approach. Results demonstrate that RES-powered EVCS can substantially reduce both energy costs for local communities and CO₂ emissions, by enhancing and optimising onsite RES generation. These findings provide policymakers, researchers, and energy planners with evidence-based insights. They confirm that integrating RES and e-mobility solutions, can strengthen ECs, expand their impact, and create profitable opportunities for investors, prosumers, and consumers alike.
Type: Book Chapter
Date: 2025-12-22
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