Abstract
Renewable microgrids are an integral part of the future sustainable energy system. This chapter focuses on the role of renewable energy-based microgrids in the electricity system transformation. It is seen as a foundation that complements large-scale generation plants and high-voltage transmission lines by providing additional flexibility and resilience. This flexibility and resilience are crucial for balancing the energy system and ensuring its long-term sustainability, given the changing supply and demand patterns due to rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV), battery storage, electric mobility, and heat pumps. It is also an opportunity for residential and commercial consumers to become active participants in the energy market. Innovation, new technologies and business models will act as the key enabler for this transformation. The regulatory restructuring of the energy market will be crucial for successful integration of prosumers and aggregated energy communities. The chapter presents the vision of a sustainable, decentralized, and digitized energy future including market potential, most innovative case study projects and start-up companies, and the shifts needed in the regulatory landscape.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainability Engineering: Challenges, Technologies, and Applications (1st ed.) |
| Editors | E. C. D. Tan |
| Pages | 229-238 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2023 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CH-5D00-85989
Keywords
- battery storage
- electric mobility
- electricity system transformation
- flexibility
- heat pumps
- market potential
- microgrids
- resilience
- rooftop solar photovoltaics