Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration

The Energy Sector in Spain has been under considerable revamping over the last couple decades. Renewable Energy sources have been rapidly deployed, representing today more than half of the deployed capacity in the territory. There are a few challenges inherently related with de- pendency on renenwab...

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Autor: Da Conceicao Silvestre Leite Covas, Antonio Francisco
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/398280
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Energy storage
Storage batteries
Energia--Emmagatzematge
Acumuladors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
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spelling Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery IntegrationDa Conceicao Silvestre Leite Covas, Antonio FranciscoEnergy storageStorage batteriesEnergia--EmmagatzematgeAcumuladorsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::EnergiesThe Energy Sector in Spain has been under considerable revamping over the last couple decades. Renewable Energy sources have been rapidly deployed, representing today more than half of the deployed capacity in the territory. There are a few challenges inherently related with de- pendency on renenwables. For one, their intermittent and unpredictable nature means that production is not constant nor guaranteed, which means other backup alternatives must be planned for. Battery storage systems coupled to PV plants are a proven solution to improve the the return on investment of a PV plant and help improve the operation of the electricity grid. Through the formulation of an techno-economic model computing energy and cash flows, this project aimed to prove that residential ESS had the potential to increase grid independence while improving the payback and rate of return of a "Self-Consumption" system. The experimentation and analysis performed and described on this thesis report was divided into case studies. These case studies were differentiated by their increase in complexity through the introduction and variation of performance impacting factors. Through these case studies, conclusive observations on how these factors improve a plant’s business case are presented. An interpretation of the results obtained and projected next steps conclude the report.Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaCasanovas Pratdesaba, OriolDíaz González, Francisco20232023-06-2320232023-12-19master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/398280reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3982802026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
title Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
spellingShingle Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
Da Conceicao Silvestre Leite Covas, Antonio Francisco
Energy storage
Storage batteries
Energia--Emmagatzematge
Acumuladors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
title_short Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
title_full Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
title_fullStr Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
title_full_unstemmed Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
title_sort Unlocking the Benefits of Residential Energy Storage: A Techno-Economic Analysis of PV-Battery Integration
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Da Conceicao Silvestre Leite Covas, Antonio Francisco
author Da Conceicao Silvestre Leite Covas, Antonio Francisco
author_facet Da Conceicao Silvestre Leite Covas, Antonio Francisco
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Casanovas Pratdesaba, Oriol
Díaz González, Francisco
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Energy storage
Storage batteries
Energia--Emmagatzematge
Acumuladors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
topic Energy storage
Storage batteries
Energia--Emmagatzematge
Acumuladors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
description The Energy Sector in Spain has been under considerable revamping over the last couple decades. Renewable Energy sources have been rapidly deployed, representing today more than half of the deployed capacity in the territory. There are a few challenges inherently related with de- pendency on renenwables. For one, their intermittent and unpredictable nature means that production is not constant nor guaranteed, which means other backup alternatives must be planned for. Battery storage systems coupled to PV plants are a proven solution to improve the the return on investment of a PV plant and help improve the operation of the electricity grid. Through the formulation of an techno-economic model computing energy and cash flows, this project aimed to prove that residential ESS had the potential to increase grid independence while improving the payback and rate of return of a "Self-Consumption" system. The experimentation and analysis performed and described on this thesis report was divided into case studies. These case studies were differentiated by their increase in complexity through the introduction and variation of performance impacting factors. Through these case studies, conclusive observations on how these factors improve a plant’s business case are presented. An interpretation of the results obtained and projected next steps conclude the report.
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