Distribution network support from multi-energy demand side response in smart districts

Abstract

This work investigates from a techno-economic perspective the potential for groups of smart buildings distributed throughout an area to provide Demand Side Response (DSR) as a means to increase electricity distribution network capacity. More specifically, intelligent multi-energy flows between buildings within a smart district are optimized with the aim of reducing energy costs for end-users and network costs for Distribution Network Operators (DNOs). For this purpose, an optimization methodology that captures the impacts of DSR by explicitly modelling (ii) interactions between different energy vectors through an integrated electricity-heat-gas model, (ii) security limits and (iii) DNO inves..