Essays about: "Demand-side flexibility"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 essays containing the words Demand-side flexibility.

1. 21. Potential Business Markets for the Digital Circuit Breaker : an investigation of the Swedish electricity market

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : TANVI PATEL; TAYLOR HANSSON; [2017]
   Keywords : DCB; intermittent energy; power-based tariffs; grid tariffs; electricity market; customer development;

   Abstract : The following master thesis is conducted on behalf of The Royal Institute of Technology and Manetos AB with the purpose of investigating potential business markets for the new innovation, the Digital Circuit Breaker (DCB). The DCB is a mean for digitalising the distribution board, which is the middleman between households’ electrical appliances and the electrical grid. READ MORE

3. 22. Active consumers at the centre of the energy system : Towards modelling consumer behaviour in OSeMOSYS

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Agnese Beltramo; [2016]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on assessing current technologies, policies, KPIs and modelling tools for enhancing the characterization of current energy demand coming from the residential sector in long term energy models. Today, thanks to the increasing spreading of smart grid and metering systems through the energy sector, new features are made available, allowing for more customized and optimal use of energy technologies, according to consumers’ behaviours and attitudes that affect energy demand. READ MORE

4. 23. Opportunities and barriers for an increased flexibility in residential consumers’ electricity consumption

   University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

   Author : Amanda Sten; Katja Åström; [2016]
   Keywords : Demand side flexibility; residential consumers; demand response programs; price signals; load control; load reductions; Efterfrågeflexibilitet; elkonsumenter; efterfrågeflexibilitetstjänster; prissignaler; effektjustering; effektreduktion;

   Abstract : I Sverige står hushållen för en stor del av den slutliga elanvändningen och deras konsumtionsmönster bidrar till att skapa höga förbrukningstoppar, särskilt under vintermånaderna när elbehovet är som störst. Om hushållen kunde tänka sig att vara mer flexibla i när de använder el skulle förbrukningstoppar kunna dämpas avsevärt och balansen mellan elproduktion och elanvändning bli lättare att upprätthålla. READ MORE

5. 24. Dynamic pricing and carbon intensity in demand response functions

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Energisystem; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Oskar Ekman; [2014]
   Keywords : Smart grids; demand response; price and CO2-signals; Stockholm Royal Seaport; average emissions; marginal emissions; carbon intensity.;

   Abstract : The European power sector is facing significant challenges related to investments in grid infrastructure and generation capacity. The continued deployment of intermittent renewables also puts pressure on current grid conditions. READ MORE

6. 25. Demand Response in the Future Swedish Electricity Market : A typology based on cost, volume and feasibility

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell ekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Jakob Mökander; [2014]
   Keywords : Demand Response; electricity market design; power flexibility options;

   Abstract : The power balance of an electrical power system is crucial to the quality of the delivered electricity as well as the security of supply. In a scenario where Swedish nuclear power plants are being phased out and replaced by renewable energy sources new constraints are added to the power balance equation since the production of many renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, are intermittent by nature. READ MORE