Kuehner, Antoine L;
Mdeihli, Nour;
Coccolo, Silvia;
Perera, ATD;
Mohajeri, Nahid;
Scartezzini, Jean-Louis;
(2017)
Extending building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) using distributed energy hubs. A case study in Cartigny, Switzerland.
In: Scartezzini, Jean-Louis, (ed.)
Energy Procedia.
(pp. pp. 487-492).
Elsevier: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract
The integration of renewable energy technologies in the existing energy infrastructure plays a key role in improving the sustainability of cities. Due to the stochastic nature of some renewable energy sources, primarily wind and solar energy, direct integration into the grid is challenging. One solution is to use distributed multi-energy hubs which make it possible to intelligently integrate renewable energy sources into the grid and optimize resources. This paper presents an energy hub development and its integration in the Swiss village of Cartigny. Energy demand of buildings is estimated with CitySim Pro, hourly results are then exported to the microgrid simulation tool HOMER Pro to perform optimization, and system performance and lifecycle cost are evaluated under different BiPV capacities. The results for Cartigny show that relying entirely on renewable energies is not yet realistic due to their stochastic nature. They also show the importance of integrating daily and seasonal storage systems.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Extending building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) using distributed energy hubs. A case study in Cartigny, Switzerland |
| Event: | CISBAT 2017 International Conference – Future Buildings & Districts – Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale |
| Location: | EPFL, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND |
| Dates: | 6 Sep 2017 - 8 Sep 2017 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.299 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.299 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license and permits non-commercial use of the work as published, without adaptation or alteration provided the work is fully attributed, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/. |
| Keywords: | Energy Hub; Urban energy modelling; Building integrated photovoltaics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200272 |
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