The ongoing energy transition brings new opportunities for utilisation of distributed energy resources (DER) and for the evolution in the role of end-users from passive consumers to active customers, who both produce and consume energy.
Active distribution grids with Local Energy Communities (LECs) create more opportunities for grid planners in the form of new active measures, such as flexibility from LECs, that can supplement traditional (passive) grid investment measures.
The FINE project investigates the interaction frameworks between Distribution System Operators (DSO) and Local Energy Communities (LEC), considering different scenario pathways for how DSOs consider LECs in distribution grid planning and operation...
Local energy communities (LEC) can take different forms and be located in different parts of the distribution grid. As a part of the research project Flexible Integration of Local Energy Communities (FINE), we are evaluating each LEC concept...