Authors:
Marcin Jarnut
;
Grzegorz Benysek
and
Szymon Wermiński
Affiliation:
University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Keyword(s):
Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Storage, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Energy Management.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Energy and Economy
;
Energy Management Systems (EMS)
;
Energy-Aware Systems and Technologies
;
Load Balancing in Smart Grids
;
Smart Grids
;
Smart Grids and Renewable Technologies
Abstract:
Last year the Polish government finally passed an act of parliament concerning renewable energy sources in
response to the European Union Directive 2009/28/EC promoting renewable energy. This act liberalizes the
interconnection of small on-site generation systems situated on the customer side, consisting of renewable
energy sources (prosumer systems), with the electrical distribution system. Although most of the formal
barriers have been removed, the proposed economic conditions are not likely to guarantee the expected
dynamic growth in volume of renewable energy as part of the overall energy consumption. This paper
introduces a solution for the economic and energy-effective management of energy generated in Polish
prosumer systems. Moreover, the technical and formal conditions for implementing small-power renewable
energy sources into the distribution system are mentioned as a background for the optimal choice of
interconnection solution and topology. A complete energy manageme
nt solution based on available
technologies, such as power electronic converters, energy storage devices and home area networks has been
proposed as well.
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