TY - JOUR
T1 - A shared PV system for transportation and residential loads to reduce curtailment and the need for storage systems
AU - Diab, Ibrahim
AU - Damianakis, Nikolaos
AU - Chandra-Mouli, Gautham Ram
AU - Bauer, Pavol
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper proposes a shared multi-stakeholder PV system for traction substations and nearby residential loads to reduce the need for storage, AC grid exchange, and curtailment. The residential stakeholders offer both the base electrical load and the solar panels installation space needed by the traction stakeholder, who brings the peak load and investments to the former. Two case studies were conducted for one year in the city of Arnhem, The cy=Netherlands, using comprehensive and verified simulation models: A high-traffic and a low-traffic substation. The results showed a positive, synergetic benefit in reducing the PV system's excess energy and size requirement for any type of traction substations connected to any number of households. In one detailed example, the multi-stakeholder system suggested in this paper is shown to reduce curtailment by up to 80% in moments of zero-traction load. Generally, the direct load coverage of a PV system is increased by as much as 7 absolute percentage points to the single-stakeholder system when looking at energy-neutral system sizes. This multi-stakeholders system offers then an increase in the techno-economic feasibility of PV system integration in urban loads.
AB - This paper proposes a shared multi-stakeholder PV system for traction substations and nearby residential loads to reduce the need for storage, AC grid exchange, and curtailment. The residential stakeholders offer both the base electrical load and the solar panels installation space needed by the traction stakeholder, who brings the peak load and investments to the former. Two case studies were conducted for one year in the city of Arnhem, The cy=Netherlands, using comprehensive and verified simulation models: A high-traffic and a low-traffic substation. The results showed a positive, synergetic benefit in reducing the PV system's excess energy and size requirement for any type of traction substations connected to any number of households. In one detailed example, the multi-stakeholder system suggested in this paper is shown to reduce curtailment by up to 80% in moments of zero-traction load. Generally, the direct load coverage of a PV system is increased by as much as 7 absolute percentage points to the single-stakeholder system when looking at energy-neutral system sizes. This multi-stakeholders system offers then an increase in the techno-economic feasibility of PV system integration in urban loads.
KW - DC systems
KW - Electric mobility
KW - Public transport
KW - Smart grids
KW - Solar PV
KW - Trolleybus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85174821381&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122131
DO - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122131
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85174821381
SN - 0306-2619
VL - 353
JO - Applied Energy
JF - Applied Energy
M1 - 122131
ER -