The role of advanced energy management strategies to operate flexibility sources in Renewable Energy Communities

Abstract

Renewable Energy Communities (REC) can largely contribute to building decarbonization targets and provide flexibility through the adoption of advanced control strategies of the energy systems. This work investigates how the role of flexibility sources will be impacted by shifting towards advanced control strategies under a high penetration of variable Renewable Energy Sources, in the following years. A large residential area with diverse energy systems, building envelope configurations, and energy demand patterns is modeled with the simulation environment RECsim, a virtual testbed for the implementation of energy management strategies in REC. Photovoltaic (PV) panels, Battery Energy Storage and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) of different sizes for each household provide a realistic description of a REC which includes both consumers and prosumers.