Social arrangements, technical designs and impacts of energy communities: A review

VZ Gjorgievski, S Cundeva, GE Georghiou - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the potential for deploying distributed generation, improving energy efficiency and
adopting sustainable energy-related practices, consumers provide significant value in the …

PV energy communities—Challenges and barriers from a consumer perspective: A literature review

R Lazdins, A Mutule, D Zalostiba - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Renewable energy sources, in particular those based on solar radiation, are growing rapidly
and are planned to play an instrumental role in building power systems to reach the 2030 …

Coordinated design of multi-stakeholder community energy systems and shared energy storage under uncertain supply and demand: A game theoretical approach

L Li, K Peng, X Yang, K Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Shared energy storage plays an important role in achieving sustainable development of
renewable-based community energy systems. In practice, the independent or disordered …

Optimal sizing of energy communities with fair revenue sharing and exit clauses: Value, role and business model of aggregators and users

D Fioriti, A Frangioni, D Poli - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy communities (ECs) are essential tools to meet the Energy Transition goals but, to
fully unleash their potential, they require a coordinated operation and design that the …

[HTML][HTML] Energy Communities: A review on trends, energy system modelling, business models, and optimisation objectives

E Barabino, D Fioriti, E Guerrazzi, I Mariuzzo… - … Energy, Grids and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Fostered by the European Union and governments worldwide, Energy
Communities are promising measures aimed at promoting local energy generation and …

Solar analysis for an urban context from GIS to block-scale evaluations

F Vecchi, U Berardi - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Global and national policies are increasingly addressing the reduction of greenhouse gases
(GHG) emissions and the diffusion of renewable energy resources. Building efficiency and …

Critical review on community-shared solar—advantages, challenges, and future directions

N Narjabadifam, J Fouladvand, M Gül - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, many innovative solutions have been presented to address the climate
change crisis. One of the innovative solutions is the participation of community members in …

[HTML][HTML] Generative adversarial network assisted stochastic photovoltaic system planning considering coordinated multi-timescale volt-var optimization in distribution …

X Xu, M Wang, Z Xu, Y He - International Journal of Electrical Power & …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel photovoltaic (PV) system planning framework is proposed for
distribution grids. The main contribution of this work is that the volt-var control (VVC) …

A Review of Solar Power Scenario Generation Methods with Focus on Weather Classifications, Temporal Horizons, and Deep Generative Models

MA Kousounadis-Knousen, IK Bazionis, AP Georgilaki… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Scenario generation has attracted wide attention in recent years owing to the high
penetration of uncertainty sources in modern power systems and the introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling tools for the assessment of Renewable Energy Communities

F Vecchi, R Stasi, U Berardi - Energy Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The energy transition is driving the adoption of local renewable energy production.
Decentralised renewable plants enable citizens to play an active role in generating and …