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Virtual net-billing: A fair energy sharing method for collective self-consumption

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  • Gjorgievski, Vladimir Z.
  • Cundeva, Snezana
  • Markovska, Natasa
  • Georghiou, George E.

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This paper proposes an energy sharing method for collective self-consumption called virtual net-billing. The proposed method enables the members of an energy community to fairly share energy in real-time, based on their individual contribution. To achieve this, a mathematical model is developed, which separates the total self-consumption of the community into a portion caused by behind-the-meter self-consumption and a portion caused by the energy sharing. The properties of the proposed method are explored analytically, using cooperative game theory, and through simulations of 600 hypothetical energy communities, developed using real-world data. To assess the fairness of the proposed method, a theoretical framework is developed, which consists of three mutually non-exclusive definitions and three numerical indicators. Using this framework, the method is compared to five existing energy sharing methods from the scientific literature. The results indicate that virtual net-billing provides the lowest trade-off between fairness and computation complexity compared to the existing methods, which makes it suitable for large energy communities and easy implementation in real-world settings.

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  • Gjorgievski, Vladimir Z. & Cundeva, Snezana & Markovska, Natasa & Georghiou, George E., 2022. "Virtual net-billing: A fair energy sharing method for collective self-consumption," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(PB).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:254:y:2022:i:pb:s0360544222011495
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124246
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