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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 33, 2012
2nd European Energy Conference
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Article Number | 05005 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | End Use of Energy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123305005 | |
Published online | 02 October 2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20123305005
Integrated Management of Residential Energy Resources
University of Coimbra, Portugal / INESC Coimbra, Portugal
a e-mail: asoares@alunos.deec.uc.pt
The increasing deployment of distributed generation systems based on renewables in the residential sector, the development of information and communication technologies and the expected evolution of traditional power systems towards smart grids are inducing changes in the passive role of end-users, namely with stimuli to change residential demand patterns. The residential user should be able to make decisions and efficiently manage his energy resources by taking advantages from his flexibility in load usage with the aim to minimize the electricity bill without depreciating the quality of energy services provided. The aim of this paper is characterizing electricity consumption in the residential sector and categorizing the different loads according to their typical usage, working cycles, technical constraints and possible degree of control. This categorization of end-use loads contributes to ascertain the availability of controllable loads to be managed as well as the different direct management actions that can be implemented. The ability to implement different management actions over diverse end-use load will increase the responsiveness of demand and potentially raises the willingness of end-users to accept such activities. The impacts on the aggregated national demand of large-scale dissemination of management systems that would help the end-user to make decisions regarding electricity consumption are predicted using a simulator that generates the aggregated residential sector electricity consumption under variable prices.
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