Battery Storage at the Secondary Distribution Electricity Grid by Investigating End-Users Load Demand Measurements

Abstract

Energy storage systems is expected to be utilized to cover the increased electrification of energy demands and to alleviate the electrical energy production from intermittent energy sources such as solar and wind. Aggregated and distributed battery energy storage systems may improve electricity grids operability and security by providing smart energy management options and efficient resources allocation. In this paper, battery storage at the secondary distribution level is explored. The investigation is based on the end-user energy demand behavior. As such, the electrical energy consumption patterns are measured and analyzed in a residential area. Measurements were collected and analyzed in order to record the customers’ behaviors aiming to reveal their differences and similarities. Following this, aggregated and distributed battery energy storage systems are computed based on the features of the measured electrical power consumption patterns aiming to estimate the factors that could potentially incentivize the installation of a battery system either as aggregated at the low voltage transformer side or as distributed system at the load side. The parameters that affect the economic viability of the system are qualitatively evaluated with regard to the profitability of the system.