TY - GEN
T1 - Self-consumption rises due to energy crises? An evaluation of prosumers' consumption behavior in 2022
AU - Pelka, Sabine
AU - Conradie, Peter
AU - De Vries, Laurens
AU - Anatolitis, Vasilios
AU - Martens, Emma
AU - Chappin, Emile
AU - Karaliopoulos, Merkouris
AU - Anagnostopoulos, Filippos
AU - Preuß, Sabine
N1 - Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Prosumers with photovoltaic systems can reduce their electricity expenses by increasing their consumption of self-generated electricity. This makes them more resilient to price shocks, like the 2022 European energy crisis. We evaluate how prosumers adapt their consumption behavior in response to such political uncertainty and increasing electricity prices. The collected survey and smart meter data allow us to evaluate the perceived self-reported and measured impact on self-consumption.Saving intentions due to the energy crisis are more clearly displayed by the survey than by the measured self-consumption. While solar radiation predominantly explains self-consumption changes, Google searches on electricity-related topics have limited explanatory power. However, considering time lags and the interaction with solar radiation leads to more nuanced insights on the effect of Google searches. Depending on the level of solar radiation, the effect of Google searches ranges from decreasing the daily self-consumption by 26.45 Wh to increasing it by 69.45 Wh.
AB - Prosumers with photovoltaic systems can reduce their electricity expenses by increasing their consumption of self-generated electricity. This makes them more resilient to price shocks, like the 2022 European energy crisis. We evaluate how prosumers adapt their consumption behavior in response to such political uncertainty and increasing electricity prices. The collected survey and smart meter data allow us to evaluate the perceived self-reported and measured impact on self-consumption.Saving intentions due to the energy crisis are more clearly displayed by the survey than by the measured self-consumption. While solar radiation predominantly explains self-consumption changes, Google searches on electricity-related topics have limited explanatory power. However, considering time lags and the interaction with solar radiation leads to more nuanced insights on the effect of Google searches. Depending on the level of solar radiation, the effect of Google searches ranges from decreasing the daily self-consumption by 26.45 Wh to increasing it by 69.45 Wh.
KW - Energy Crisis
KW - Energy Savings
KW - Google Trends
KW - Prosumer
KW - Smart Meter Data
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165229555&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161968
DO - 10.1109/EEM58374.2023.10161968
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85165229555
T3 - International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM
BT - 2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023
PB - IEEE
T2 - 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2023
Y2 - 6 June 2023 through 8 June 2023
ER -
