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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Sustainable Energy Systems
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1470769
This article is part of the Research Topic Integrated Energy System Planning, Optimization, Trading and Benefit Assessment View all 8 articles

Performance analysis of multi-energy sharing prosumers considering different load profiles

Provisionally accepted
Jincan Zeng Jincan Zeng 1Wang Peng Wang Peng 2*Qin Wang Qin Wang 1Minwei Liu Minwei Liu 3Xi Liu Xi Liu 1Guori Huang Guori Huang 1Gengsheng He Gengsheng He 1Shangheng Yao Shangheng Yao 1Longxi Li Longxi Li 4,5*
  • 1 Energy Development Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid, Guangzhou, China
  • 2 Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
  • 3 Planning & Research Center for Power Grid, Yunnan Power Grid Corp, Kunming, China
  • 4 School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • 5 Center for Energy and Environmental Management and Decision-making, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

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    With the advancement of distributed energy systems, energy sharing has emerged as a crucial trading mechanism on the demand-side, enabling participants to share self-generated energy with their neighbors through contractual agreements. Nevertheless, a comprehensive analysis is needed to balance the benefits among energy prosumers, given their distinct characteristics. This paper proposes a multi-energy sharing framework with flexible demand-side management based on full cooperation. We evaluate the economic and environmental performance of sharing participants, considering the impacts of different operation modes and diverse demand profiles. Cooperative game theory is employed to maximize the social welfare of all participants, with the different allocation schemes are used to distribute the cooperative surplus among stakeholders. The fairness of these schemes is assessed to ensure the feasibility and equity of the proposed framework. The results indicate that the centralized multi-energy sharing framework yields win-win outcomes for both individual and collective interests. Specifically, the total cost and carbon dioxide emissions of prosumers in the shared scenario are reduced by 13% and 16%, respectively, compared to individual operation scenarios. Moreover, thermal energy management is critically important for 1 Zeng et al.Performance of multi-energy sharing energy sharing. Furthermore, varying combinations of building types significantly affect cost savings and emission reductions, influencing energy sharing patterns and quantities.

    Keywords: Economic performance, environmental performance, Energy prosumers, multi-energy sharing, Load profiles

    Received: 26 Jul 2024; Accepted: 11 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zeng, Peng, Wang, Liu, Liu, Huang, He, Yao and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Wang Peng, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
    Longxi Li, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei Province, China

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