Load shifting potential in the residential sector
Project description
The goal of this project is to evaluate, in a bottom-up fashion, the load-shifting potential in residential households for various appliances, including:
- The domestic "wet" appliances (tumble dryer, dishwasher, washing machine)
- Heat pumps and electric water heaters
- Charging of electric vehicles
- Domestic batteries
A demand model is built for each piece of equipment, based on stochastic occupancy scenarios. A statistically significant (large) number of stochastic profiles are generated to evaluate the share of the consumption that can be shifted in time based on a number of regulation strategies. The first one assumes a time-of-use tariff and a manual operation of the appliances. The second one assumes a time-of-use tariff with automatic control of all appliances. The third one aims at maximizing PV self-consumption.
Context
This project is carried out in collaboration with Energie Commune, at the request of the Walloon Region in Belgium. The goal is to provide policy support to the elaboration of future electricity tariffs in the context of the ongoing energy transition.
Example results
A web interface allows the user to launch the LoadShifting library (written in Python) and simulated a particular configuration and evaluate the influence of load shifting on the consumption profiles (with a 15-min timesetp), on his self-consumption indicators, and on his electricity bill at the end of the year.
Further information
The source code and the input data are made available under an open license for further re-use and testing on the LoadShifting library Github repository.
