With an increasing penetration of wind power in the Danish national grid means of generation control is gradually reduced. Thus if we want to keep stability in the power system methods for flexible consumption have to be developed. This project investigates means of local energy management in households, using the thermal mass of a building as unidirectional energy storage. Thereby power consumption for electrical heating can be postponed or precipitated on an hourly timescale if needed. Also other types of units, e.g. solar generation and EV charging, will be considered. The units will be aggregated to form a single unit in Power Hub, an implementation of a virtual power plant developed by DONG Energy.
In the future households should be active players in the coming smart grid and use flexible power consumption to maintain stability in a power system with a high share of volatile production.
Project co-funded by DONG Energy I To be completed: 2015